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• Queen's on iTunesU takes top e-innovation award
• Queen's achieves global reach with iTunes

Queen's on iTunesU takes top e-innovation award

Read the full story at the Queen's News Centre, June 18, 2007.

"Queen's on iTunesU," launched last fall through Marketing and Communications and in partnership with Apple Inc., received a gold medal from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) in the Best E-Innovation category. Judges described Queen's iTunesU project, the first among Canadian universities, as a truly innovative initiative.

"This is true university advancement and true world-wide reach ... and it fits within your strategic plan," states the judges' report.

CCAE Prix D'Excellence awards are handed out annually to recognize outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment and overall institutional advancement.

Queen's achieves global reach with iTunes

Read the full story in the Queen's Gazette, June 18, 2007.

Now that Apple Inc. has publicly launched its iTunes U initiative, leading universities that have embraced podcasting technology, including Stanford, Duke, MIT and Queen's, will now have their public content available directly from the main iTunes public site.

Until now, Queen's iTunes content has only been accessible from the university's website.

Since the Queen's iTunes launch last November, the university has had positive results with nearly 22,000 hits to the Queen's iTunes U website, more than 17,000 views of its iTunes U page and approximately 10,000 content downloads.

"This has been a positive and proactive effort to help build the university's profile among our external audiences," says Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Richard Seres. "Now, however, with iTunes providing a global reach for our institutional communications at no financial cost, our content will be even more accessible."

Queen's is the only Canadian university listed of the 16 universities listed on the iTunes U page.

Users can continue to access Queen's on iTunes U through the link on the homepage or directly at the iTunes U main page. (Select iTunes U, then click on "Queen's University.")

Recent additions to iTunes at Queen's include QPod, a new regular quarterly podcast to be posted before the publication of each Queen's Alumni Review to preview the magazine and provide some behind-the-scenes content; well known journalist and cultural commentator Russell Smith, Queen's Toronto Breakfast Series (Audio) and David Austin, "All Roads Lead to Montreal - The Caribbean Conference Committee and Black Power in Canada" (Audio).

Other content currently available through the site includes public lectures, convocation addresses, videos showcasing various aspects of campus life and programs, historical content from Queen's Archives and athletic video highlights from the Golden Gaels.

Marketing and Communications and Information Technology Services continue to work together to identify opportunities to develop the iTunes U program to meet the needs of the higher education sector.

www.apple.com/education/itunesu