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UNY Cortland's motivation for pursuing a relationship with Apple had little or nothing to do with offering our students downloads of lectures. Instead, we viewed iTunes University as an economically viable solution to an ongoing technical problem. Since 2000, the college had seen the development of several technology-intensive programs including Professional Writing, New Communication Media, New Media Design, Sport Management, and Geographic Information Systems.

faculty repeatedly brought up the emerging difficulties of sharing large media files. There were a number of technological, budgetary, and support issues surrounding this challenge. iTunes University solved many of our problems by offering free server space and a familiar and easy-to-use interface for uploading and downloading files.

The two studies that found positive attitudes regarding podcasts or ‘virtual lectures’ used these conditions as a tool to help students revise their notes from already existing lectures