iTunes University

I know I just got done talking about how I dislike iTunes, and how they control and monopolize in ways. But I did want to mention a cool thing I came across that Apple is doing. It's called iTunes University. Apparently, they are working with schools to make content, lectures, podcasts, etc. all available free through iTunes. How cool is that!?! Now I know this would be helpful for students who may have missed a class, and could just hop on to iTunes and download the lecture they missed (or even listen in on a really deep lecture they wanted to review). Of course, knowing iTunes, I wouldn't be surprised if they put some sort of control on who can access the information, but how cool would it be if you were just interested in auditing a certain course, or a specific topic of interest, you could go and listen to the foremost lecturers on the topic. I was able to download a couple of lectures from UC Berkeley a while ago on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Brother's Karamazov" (one of my all time favorite novels). It was incredible to be able to listen in to the expert's insight. I'm excited to go and see if I can find a lecture by Harold Bloom (one of the leading Shakespeare Scholars). Talk about making information available!