The college has been creating podcasts for a couple of semesters now, but media services has been distributing them through their website. Today a small committee met for the first time to begin the process of establishing PBCC on iTunes U. Even though I will be leaving my full time position at the college, I plan to remain as an adjunct, so I will still be able to participate in this project.
Many prominent universities and colleges have already begun using iTunes U and freely distribute lectures, speeches, tours, videos, and other items to the public. Some colleges have decided to only give partial access to the public. For instance, some items like class lectures are only available to students, but a tour of the campus is available to the public. I got very excited about some of these podcasts and downloaded an entire World Literature course from NJIT. To see an article in Forbes magazine about Stanford providing free access to education via podcasts, click here.