iTunes U will really do wonders for kids that
want to cut their college classes.
Apple is providing the new
service free for universities and colleges (yes, there
is a difference since one can grant
Ph.D.'s and one can't) so that schools can host educational content such as boring lectures, and those not-so-popular
interviews that happen from time to time. Actually, we're being a little facetious because we heard some cool stuff in
our college days; freshman year was the best three years of our lives! Apple indicated this is a hosted service, which
makes us wonder if they're trying to be the Google of the academic world. After all, hosting the collective knowledge
of the United States higher educational system isn't a bad business strategy, now is it?
1. I've heard the argument that PodCasting lectures is a bad idea because it would create a lack of classroom attendance. As a college student, I think this technology is amazing because it would relieve stress to know that if a student missed any part of a lecture (present or not) they are able to retrieve that information easily. In addition, I believe that if disinterested students did simply download a lecture in leiu of attending class, it may even make those who are attending more engaged and willing to contribute comments/questions/discussion during class.
Posted at 3:52PM on Feb 8th 2006 by Clint McQueen