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iTunes U is a dedicated section of Apple’s iTunes Store that contains a wide variety of print and audiovisual educational content (eg student worksheets, quizzes, PowerPoints, lecture notes, readings, lesson plans, presentations, PowerPoints, lab demos, video lectures, webcasts, podcasts etc) from universities, museums and public media organisations available to download or to access from cloud storage. iTunes U allows a user to search for, download and play educational content in the same way that they can search, download and play songs, podcasts, television shows and movies from iTunes.
iTunesU
To use the service, a user is required to download and install iTunes on an Internet-connected computer, iPad, tablet or mobile phone, and then download the iTunes U app from the iTunes Store (shown in the screenshot above). Users can select entire courses or choose individual video, audio recordings, ebooks or PDFs etc. Selected material can be found in the ‘My iTunes U’ section on each user’s iTunes. The material can then either be watched directly on the PC or synchronised onto a portable media player for mobile learning.
Teachers can also use iTunes U to make their own content available to students.
When using iTunes U it is essential to understand some important licensing issues so that students, teachers and schools are using it to the best and most economical effect. Our comments on licensing are set out below.
Why licence educational resources under Creative Commons?
NCU encourages teachers to make their original teaching and learning material available as an “Open Education Resource” also known as “OER”. This is done by applying a Creative Commons licence to the material.
For more information on OER and Creative Commons see the following links: OER, OER TOOLKIT and Creative Commons Quick Reference and CC Guide for Educators.
NCU also strongly encourages teachers, schools and jurisdictions to use and incorporate Creative Commons licensed materials in their teaching and learning materials. See the above links for more information on how to find CC licenced material and OER.
iTunesU
To use the service, a user is required to download and install iTunes on an Internet-connected computer, iPad, tablet or mobile phone, and then download the iTunes U app from the iTunes Store (shown in the screenshot above). Users can select entire courses or choose individual video, audio recordings, ebooks or PDFs etc. Selected material can be found in the ‘My iTunes U’ section on each user’s iTunes. The material can then either be watched directly on the PC or synchronised onto a portable media player for mobile learning.
Teachers can also use iTunes U to make their own content available to students.
When using iTunes U it is essential to understand some important licensing issues so that students, teachers and schools are using it to the best and most economical effect. Our comments on licensing are set out below.
Why licence educational resources under Creative Commons?
NCU encourages teachers to make their original teaching and learning material available as an “Open Education Resource” also known as “OER”. This is done by applying a Creative Commons licence to the material.
For more information on OER and Creative Commons see the following links: OER, OER TOOLKIT and Creative Commons Quick Reference and CC Guide for Educators.
NCU also strongly encourages teachers, schools and jurisdictions to use and incorporate Creative Commons licensed materials in their teaching and learning materials. See the above links for more information on how to find CC licenced material and OER.
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