Emory on iTunes U passes the one million downloads mark!
August 27, 2009
One million downloads have been made from Emory's iTunes U site a few months before its October one-year anniversary!
Emory's site hosts public lectures and events, interviews with top faculty and researchers, and a wealth of consumer health and less-commonly taught language materials. "Our most popular collections are language videos for self-study, talks from the Dalai Lama's visit to Emory, and readings from Alice Walker's placing of her archives at the University," says Shannon O'Daniel, Emory's iTunes U system administrator.
Emory captured the No. 20 spot for all iTunes U downloads in October 2008 for chemistry professor David Lynn's lecture on evolution, and a reading from Alice Walker at Emory reached the No. 6 spot in all downloads.
Apple has featured on the noteworthy section of its homepage, many of Emory's collections, including King Tutankhamun, Emory faculty's Life of the Mind series, Cartooning for Peace, and Evolution Revolution with world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson.
Students and Emory organizations use an internal iTunes U site, Exclusively Emory, to access course materials, presentations, and other resources, averaging nearly 1,200 downloads per week. Students say they value the ease, convenience, and portability of this new study device.
Access Emory on iTunes U at www.itunes.emory.edu
See the article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The project is a collaboration between University Technology Services and Communications & Marketing.
