Students at the University of Illinois Springfield are learning about The Beatles timeless tunes and impact on society in a unique way.
Professor Michael Cheney has created podcasts, which are now the second most downloaded on iTunes U.
According to Entrepreneur.com a podcast is, " A pre-recorded audio program that's posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices."
Cheney is a communications professor at the Univerisity of Illinois Springfield and teaches online the online Liberal Studies class classes "The Beatles: Popular Music and Society".
The UIS professor has taught the class since 1999, but the started using the Podcast in 2005.
Cheney was featured in a December 2, 2010, report by WCIA-TV Channel 3.
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