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Stanford Classes Now Available on iTunes
Chowser writes "Forbes is reporting Stanford University is now offering a wide range of content on iTunes. From the article: 'In an unprecedented move, Stanford University is collaborating with Apple Computer to allow public access a wide range of lectures, speeches, debates and other university content through iTunes. No need to pay the $31,200 tuition. No need to live on campus. No need even to be a student. The nearly 500 tracks that constitute "Stanford on iTunes" are available to anyone willing to spend the few minutes it takes to download them from the Internet.'" Talaper noted the Official Apple Page on the program is up as well.
Glad to see other universities are following the trend set by MIT with their OpenCourseWare project. It's interesting to see universities have faith that putting this content out for public consumption will not detract from their mission.
Bradley Holt
Also consider that Stanford is a private university, not public.
Meanwhile the Vatican is defending copyrighting the Pope's pronouncements. Which, IMHO, is right up there with copyright of MLK's 'I Have A Dream' and Co$'s copyrighted "Trade Secrets"
Nice move ya floppy tree :-)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
99 cents per lecture, get your ONLINE degree from iTunes today
Not quite. The downside is these are a on-sided, read only participation of the material, which in my experience isn't quite as good as having it followed by a good old fashion Q & A session.
Also, the sheepskin from Stanford comes only with that Tuition deal. I don't think you'd get very far trying to set up your own school with them either, i.e. Bob University (based upon actual Stanford materials, but with our EZ-Pass exams!)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Making the content available is all positive for these universities. If I downloaded everything they made, and studied it thoroughly, I might have a strong grasp of the subject matter but I still wouldn't have a degree from MIT or Stanford. In the end there's value in the degree because it certifies your knowledge. If you go for a job interview, etc, and say I downloaded Stanford's coursework from ITunes, I rather doubt they'd consider me on par with a Stanfor graduate.
It's a good thing for them because it builds their image. It shows an interest in promotion education in general and sharing knowledge with those who cannot afford the $30K+. It also gives prospective students a chance to see what that money would be going for before they shell it out. So really all around a good thing for them.
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Good deal.
Sounds like a great idea!
Sounds like a nice counterpart to MIT's OpenCourseWare.
Unfortunately not... MIT's OpenCourseWare is well... Open.
Stanford on iTunes however requires an expensive piece of software (OS X or Windows) to use it.
I don't have a Mac, I don't run Windows - how am I supposed to access this?
I guess this what you can expect from a University that puts a 1 page FAQ in a PDF (why dear god, why?)
Good for some people I acknowledge, but no OpenCourseWare.
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