When I first saw this report I had the shuddering thought that Larry Lessig (seen here shopping for new material on iTunes) might be covering William Shatner songs. But no, it’s much, much worse.

The lectures you’ve missed, on your iPod. Odd, you missed them because you were out somewhere listening to something on your iPod.

Duke, which is apparently as oblivious to the irony of the program as is Stanford, started this groundswell in 2004, which in the meantime has grown by … er … one.

OK, that’s a little harsh. And these are video lectures, which is pretty cool. And they’re available to the public at large, which is wildly cool.