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Stanford on iTunes, Jobs' 2005 Commencement Video
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I'm particularly enjoying the lectures on Hurricane Katrina, as a volunteer helping the cleanup in New Orleans within the past few weeks, I find certain disparities discouraging, and I hope these lectures will provide some insight, if not some dialogue.
Great find!
I'm particularly enjoying the lectures on Hurricane Katrina, as a volunteer helping the cleanup in New Orleans within the past few weeks, I find certain disparities discouraging, and I hope these lectures will provide some insight, if not some dialogue.
Great find!
I don't think they'll mind. You still can't hang a Stanford degree on your wall without footing the bill.pdpfilms said:
Most universities see some part of their role as a public service, and see some benefit from collaboration and free sharing of information.
Case in point:
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
not everyday you can hear a Doonesbury character speak!
Beyond that, the Rev. Scott Sloan is now the Dean of Religion at Stanford (aka Scotty Mclennan). Even an atheist like me can enjoy his thoughtful lectures now! There are two items of his there.p0intblank said:I love listening to Jobs' commencement speech.
Brilliant!!!
I can't believe nobody has said this yet. If iTunes becomes something used by schools across the country, that will virtually guarantee iTunes will stay dominant over every other online service. Everyone was so concerned when Microsoft announced its new store, but if college kids are directed toward iTunes for school, there is no way they will use other services.
It's great to know iTunes will hold on to it's marketshare. Go stocks go!
I can't believe nobody has said this yet. If iTunes becomes something used by schools across the country, that will virtually guarantee iTunes will stay dominant over every other online service. Everyone was so concerned when Microsoft announced its new store, but if college kids are directed toward iTunes for school, there is no way they will use other services.
It's great to know iTunes will hold on to it's marketshare. Go stocks go!
This is an fairly new initiative Apple is doing with Universities. I recently got one of these "Apple Event's in your area" e-mail. Not sure how I got on the list, maybe it was through my local Mac User's group or something. But anyway I got all kind of handouts. The particular seminar I went to was at Furman University in Greenville,SC. I and my wife are self-employed so I registered for the event which was billed as being on Podcasting and blogging but the last part of the seminar was directed at the Furman Administration to sign up for the program. The professors have to agree to create content and I assume this would mean them purchasing a Apple computers and software (they were promoting iLife '06 big time with the new Garageband podcasting feature. They also showed how to use Apple servers. This year they did a beta test with a few universities. I know they mentioned Stanford and Duke but they may have been one or two more.
I think what the public will see on these sites is just a sampling and is intended to whet the appitite of Alumni, potential students,etc. Students will have access to a greater number of lectures and I think they will restrict it so that to access some podcasts you have to be signed up for the particular class. In the first quarter of this year I think they will only accept 100 schools but will increase the number over the year so they are not overwhelmed.
They didn't make anyone sign an NDA so I guess it's ok to mention all this as if anything I am a private educator (both my wife and I offer private instruction in music and technology) and they didn't screen anyone from the general public from getting in.
Let's hope most universities sign up for this as it will be a win-win situation for Apple and the Universities. As far as I know the registration for the Universities to sign up for iTunesU is on a first come first serve basic provided they are quick to provide content. From what I remember this program will be rolled out and offered the Universities in the U.S. over the next two years.
Guess they have found a creative way to get back into the higher education market.
I think what the public will see on these sites is just a sampling and is intended to whet the appitite of Alumni, potential students,etc. Students will have access to a greater number of lectures and I think they will restrict it so that to access some podcasts you have to be signed up for the particular class. In the first quarter of this year I think they will only accept 100 schools but will increase the number over the year so they are not overwhelmed.
They didn't make anyone sign an NDA so I guess it's ok to mention all this as if anything I am a private educator (both my wife and I offer private instruction in music and technology) and they didn't screen anyone from the general public from getting in.
Let's hope most universities sign up for this as it will be a win-win situation for Apple and the Universities. As far as I know the registration for the Universities to sign up for iTunesU is on a first come first serve basic provided they are quick to provide content. From what I remember this program will be rolled out and offered the Universities in the U.S. over the next two years.
Guess they have found a creative way to get back into the higher education market.
japasneezemonk said:
Old news yes. But not old news to new people. MacRumors gets new members every single day. Just because you were around long enough to see the original post does not mean that there is not value in re-posting it today. If you dislike old news then you need to start going to all of the "hot threads" of way back when and bumping them up so that people like myself and the original poster can check these out.
Who in their right mind would come to MR and do a search for "Stanford on iTunes" threads? Perhaps it takes space that could be used elsewhere, but so do the threads "which iPod, black or white" and then the 15 other threads that are a revision of that "currently my iPod is white, is black better?" "I want a black iPod, but should I get white?"
Get it? The original poster took time to post something that others apparently find worthy, can't we just let him be?
And to the thread starter...thank you! I think I was around when this broke out, but I'm glad you reposted it. Sorry others find it unnecessary.
JDar said:
Now i have to find all the songs i like.....this could take awhile. Well i am getting started
Analog Kid said:
yes! the MIT one is a perfect example. i am under the impression the students think it is great. what makes a school great is the school itself (professors, facilities, students etc) not their notes.
i know for a fact Apple reps are working with a lot of universities to do this special iTunes hosting of lectures and special content. i randomly had a chat about it with an Apple rep a year or so ago. anyone that went to college knows that just listening to a lecture does not come close to granting you a degree, or a passing grade.
As a current Stanford student, I can tell you that we all got an email in October about this, but that most people either didn't read the email, or checked out the Stanford iTunes section and never went back.
Most of the music is already easy to get on campus from friends, and although I found the commencement address interesting, most people have already heard enough of it from the school paper.
Frankly, the only way Stanford could generate more interest in the service would be if Class lectures were offered on the store in podcast format, similar to what is done on the Stanford TV channels that we get for free here on campus.
Most of the music is already easy to get on campus from friends, and although I found the commencement address interesting, most people have already heard enough of it from the school paper.
Frankly, the only way Stanford could generate more interest in the service would be if Class lectures were offered on the store in podcast format, similar to what is done on the Stanford TV channels that we get for free here on campus.
Peace said:
ha! (I'm laughing in an amused but polite way) Has anyone ever seen a security guard at a university lecture? Maybe things are different down in the US
David