Not only is it a badass iOS programming course "co-taught by top industry developers" (hint: they work for a large company intimately familiar with the platform), but the main focus of the course is also on using the iPad for visualization of large datasets. It's a pretty creative and exciting course in my opinion (disclosure - I'm the TA). The course website is here: <a href="http://hci-ipad.org" rel="nofollow">http://hci-ipad.org</a>
Does anyone know why iTunes U lectures are almost always out of order? This course lists lecture 3 SD first and lecture 3 HD last for example. Seems like it would be simple to have things ordered in a sensible way.
This really is the future-- having great universities on tap like this!<p>I remember when I was in my teens having a great deal of interest in things and not being able to get access to materials-- the tiny university in my town had a library that was a goldmine for me, but in retrospect was very small. I remember often having to wait weeks or months to get specialized knowledge that I knew was out there but that wasn't readily available.<p>This course is great news. I'm a longtime iOS developer, but have to have my head in the server side of things so much that I appreciate these courses as a refresher.<p>Also coming to appreciate the iTunes U App. I just downloaded Stanford's Machine Learning course in the format last night. (This is the same course that was given for free last year, same instructor, but the one in iTunes U's new course format is from 2008, not sure why.)<p>Love having the homework and being able to check things off so I can keep track of how much of the course I've completed.