Stanford on iTunes debut, in late October, marked the first time a university made audio content from lectures, interviews, commencement speeches and the like publicly available through a system like the iTunes Music Store."I absolutely love this," said David Sellinger in an e-mail to the university's alumni relations department. "I missed all of the lectures last weekend, and this allows me to take my Stanford spirit everywhere. This is one of the greatest things ever. Hearing (historian) David Kennedy's voice again almost makes me giddy to learn and keep on learning."
When it launched, the service had around 400 audio programs available for download through a branded iTunes Music Store site. Stanford alumni relations officer David Vargas said that number will grow exponentially over time and will soon include video content as well.
Content from the Stanford program is accessible to anyone free of charge. Interestingly, that may be no more than a happy coincidence: Vargas said Stanford on iTunes is really about providing the university with an easy and inexpensive way to distribute all manner of content to its 180,000 alumni in 151 countries. (more)
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