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November 13, 2005
Apple takes center stage in higher education with iTunes & iPod
After taking over the online music industry, Apple is hoping to do the same in fields like higher education, and it took another step in that direction recently with Stanford University’s announcement that it would make a range of audio content available to its alumni and others through iTunes.
Stanford on iTunes emerged from the longstanding collaboration between the university and Apple. The university had been seeking ways of giving alumni and others access to lectures and other events taking place on the campus, and in the course of continuing conversations with company officials.
Through the Stanford on iTunes Web site, the university will make lectures, music, sports and other content available not only to its alumni but to the public, free of charge.
In the near future Stanford plans to add video capabilities allowing students to synchronize lectures and PowerPoint presentations,” for instance.
Stanford joins Duke and Brown Universities and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor’s dental school as institutions that are distributing course related content via the iTunes Music Store, according to Apple.
Posted by admin at November 13, 2005 12:20 PM