Apple on Wednesday announced the launch of iTunes U as a dedicated area within the iTunes Store, offering free content from top U.S. colleges and universities. Participating institutions include Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Duke and MIT.
iTunes U got its start as a hosted content management system for colleges and university to more easily post audio and video content online. Students can download the content to a Mac or PC then sync it to an iPod.
Up until now, iTunes U content has been available only at specific URLs that interested students or others needed to know the location of in order to view the content. This announcement throws the doors of iTunes U open to all iTunes Store users in the same way that podcasts work.
The content on iTunes U runs the gamut from lectures to language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours. Other participating institutions include NJIT, Queen
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