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Article: Podcasts may give excuse to cut class
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 30, 2006
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Miss class? Your iPod will save you.
The University of California, Berkeley, has inked a deal with
Apple Computers that makes dozens of course lectures available on the
popular iTunes Music Store.
Students can download video and audio recordings of lectures from
select courses directly onto their iPods and other MP3 players
through the service.
The agreement, announced Tuesday, augments online course lectures -
- called coursecasts or podcasts -- that are already available
through a campus-based Web site.
The recordings are free to download and available to students and
the general public. Unlike other universities, UC Berkeley does not
restrict the content to students and alumni. "We ...