How to Get a Free Education on iTunes

With over 100,000 audio and video files available, iTunes University has one of the largest free educational media collections in the world. Access and download lectures on your computer or MP3 player. Learn while you're on the go! This article lists some of iTunes University's best educational sites.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• iTunes (a free, downloadable software)
• a computer or MP3 player

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   Check out the University of California at Berkeley's large selection of social science, natural science, and humanities courses (itunes.berkeley.edu). Currently they offer 39 iTunes courses, from Astronomy to Statistics.

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   In October 2008 the University of Oxford launched its iTunes podcast site (itunes.ox.ac.uk), and during the first week there were 168,000 visitors and 60,000 downloads. Oxford on iTunes features public lectures, teaching material, interviews with leading academics, information about the University, and much more.

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   The Open University's iTunes program (http://www.open.ac.uk/itunes) has a large selection of lectures in virtually every subject.

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   UCLA's iTunes program offers about a dozen courses (itunes.ucla.edu) ranging from Quechua Cooking to Neuroimaging.

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   MIT on iTunes U's offerings (web.mit.edu/itunesu) include a wide selection of video and audio files of faculty lectures, public lectures, and community events. The university's iTunes lectures on physics, psychology, math, and architecture are among the most popular iTunes U downloads.

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   Virginia Tech offers about a dozen iTunes courses (itunes.edtech.vt.edu), with an emphasis on the humanities.

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   For k-12 educators, Edutopia.org has a regularly updated archive of best practices, from classroom tips to recommendations for district-wide change (www.edutopia.org/itunes).

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   Texas A&M's iTunes course offerings (itunes.tamu.edu) place an emphasis on technical learning. They offer courses in Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, and Geosciences, for example.

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   For a full listing, browse through the wikki "Directory of Colleges and Universities with iTunes U" (itunesu.pbwiki.com).

Resources

• iTunes U
• Directory of Colleges and Universities with iTunes U Sites

[NaimaManal]

on 3/9/2009 Thank you!

[woot]

on 3/6/2009 I have used the MIT offerings and have found them very interesting. I'll try the others you suggest. Thanks a lot!

[NightowlMama]

on 2/22/2009 great info thanks a bunch

[redwingsgirl]

on 2/21/2009 Wow, I didn't know that you can find lectures on iTunes! Thanks.

[goodselfme]

on 2/20/2009 thank you for this info.