iTunes now carries UM lectures

If you missed that lecture, just go to iTunes. The University of Michigan joins 40 other university who participate in iTunes U - a branch of the apple creation that offers lectures (audio and video) to audiences across the globe through iTunes Store free of charge.

Stanford, a participating school, has reported 1.8 million downloads since spring 2005. Wow, that's either a lot of class skipping, or a lot of interested people.

Topics are across the board, from art to business to the environment.

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A wide variety of material is going up — lectures from a Saturday morning physics class, teaching material from dental courses, university news releases, even a complete archive of speeches by U-M President Mary Sue Coleman going back to her inauguration in 2003.

Audio and video material can be downloaded, all of it free, although some selected class lectures will be password-protected for registered members only. Not all classes and departments at U-M will participate; downloads will only be available from professors who record their offerings and decide to post them online.

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