Maybe you’ve seen DVD or audio university courses available in bookstores, but you knew there were coming online–for free. The iTunes Store has a great assortment of FREE classes and even courses available from dozens of universities (called iTunes U) including Cambridge, Cornell, Dallas Theological Seminary, Oxford, Yale and many others. Some classes are on video, most are audio.
In Michigan, while working one cleaning job, I listened my way through most of J.I. Packer teaching the History and Theology of the Puritans available from the iTunes U store of Reformed Theological Seminary.
There is not credit available going this way, but it is an excellent enrichment tool to help you hone and develop the talents God gifted you.
Today I also found this site Academic Earth which seems to offer all video lectures, but is much more limited so far in its offerings. If you dig a few minutes, you will likely find something of great interest and personal enjoyment.
I especially commend iTunes U. And iTunes is a free download.
A really techno-archaic question I know, but a curious mind has to find out: all I have is an mp3 player – no iPod. Can I access this material?
1) You can listen/watch them straight off the computer.
2) Originally it was meant that iTunes could only be used with iPods, but I believe there are softwares available that can do the extra step of syncing an iTunes playlist to a non-iTunes playlist.
3) Check craigslist.com for an affordable, used iPod.