iTunes U has been up for a while, and, frankly, it sounded like it might be pretty lame so I never checked it out. A few weeks ago, however, I read that Loyola Law School had begun posting legal podcasts on the site for free download. I haven’t had time to take a look until this week, but it turns out that the site is actually pretty cool:
On the UC Davis iTunes U store I found an interesting immigration discussion with incoming King Hall Dean Kevin Johnson and Professor David Kyle of the UC Davis Sociology Department.
At UC Berkeley’s iTunes U store I listened to a town hall meeting on poverty in America with John Edwards and a debate on same-sex marriage at the Goldman School of Public Policy.
I expected to find Professor John Doe Smith’s Ten Part Lecture Series on the Intricacies of the Rule Against Perpetuities. But it looks like most schools have decided to use their iTunes U stores as a promotional vehicle rather than an educational tool, and the result, so far, is free access to a variety of stimulating presentations and discussions. Something to check out over the summer...
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