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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

More on Online Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed alert points to “iTunes University” downloading from an Apple press release:

Excerpt from release:

iTunes U Downloads Top 300 Million

CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2010—In just over three years, iTunes® U downloads have topped 300 million and it has become one of the world’s most popular online educational catalogs. Over 800 universities throughout the world have active iTunes U sites, and nearly half of these institutions distribute their content publicly on the iTunes Store®. New content has just been added from universities in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and Singapore, and iTunes users now have access to over 350,000 audio and video files from educational institutions around the globe.

“iTunes U makes it easy for people to discover and learn with content from many of the world’s top institutions,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “With such a wide selection of educational material, we’re providing iTunes users with an incredible way to learn on their computer, iPhone, iPod or iPad.”

Created in collaboration with colleges and universities, iTunes U makes it easy to extend learning, explore interests or learn more about a school.

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Note 1: See prior posts on proposals for some type of UC online degree program.

Note 2: UCLA has an iTunes site at http://itunes.ucla.edu/

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