iTunes U

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iTunes U
Basic data

Maintainer Apple
Publishing year 2007
Current  version 3.3
(June 7, 2016)
operating system iOS
category Educational software
License Proprietary
German speaking Yes
www.apple.com

iTunes U is a platform created by Apple on May 30, 2007 for the free provision and management of learning materials within the Apple iTunes Store . Via iTunes U, for example, entire series of lectures, language courses, interviews or campus tours of hundreds of universities and technical colleges, including B. renowned institutions such as MIT , Oxford or Stanford can be downloaded for free.

The respective iTunes U websites of the registered institutions can be accessed either directly via the iTunes Store or via the iTunes U app for iPhone and iPad . While in the first few years only lectures and information videos from US universities were available, iTunes U now also offers educational offers for schoolchildren and has expanded its offer to institutions from 22 countries.

The content is almost exclusively video or audio podcasts , which can either be downloaded individually or subscribed to and so - like podcasts - new episodes can be added automatically. Since 2012, presentation and word processing files , PDFs , ePub books, iOS apps or web links can also be integrated into the university's iTunes U websites.

In 2011 iTunes U recorded 1,000 registered universities, colleges and other institutions, 350,000 learning materials offered (lectures as audio or video files, scripts, etc.) and around 300 million downloads per year. As of April 2012, however, only 19 German universities and technical colleges are represented on the platform with their own iTunes U site.

literature

  • J. Copley: Audio and video podcasts of lectures for campus-based students: production and evaluation of student use. In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International. Volume 44, No. 4, 2007, pp. 387-399.
  • R. Flynn, N. Newbutt, T. Ackroyd, M. Dastbaz: Podcasting and Vidcasting - Delivering engaging learning to a new generation. Unpublished Working Paper. University of Greenwich, 2006.
  • M. Ketterl, R. Mertens, K. Morisse: Alternative Content Distribution Channels for Mobile Devices. In: T. Hug, M. Lindner, PA Bruck (Eds.): Micromedia & e-Learning 2.0: Gaining the Big Picture. Proceedings of Microlearning Conference 2006. Innsbruck University Press, Innsbruck (Austria) 2008, pp. 119-130.
  • M. Ketterl, T. Schmidt, R. Mertens, K. Morisse: Techniques and application scenarios for podcasts in university teaching. In: C. Rensing (Ed.): Proceedings of the pre-conference workshops of the 4th e-learning conference of the GI (DeLFI) September 2006. Logos-Verlag, Berlin 2006, pp. 81–90.
  • M. Lee, C. McLoughlin, A. Chan: Talk the talk: Learner-generated podcasts as catalysts for knowledge creation. In: British Journal of Educational Technology. Volume 39, No. 3, 2008, pp. 501-521.
  • D. McKinney, JL Dyck, ES Luber: iTunes University and the Classroom: Can Podcasts Replace Professors? In: Computers and Education. Volume 52, 2009, pp. 617-613.
  • SM Walls, JV Kucsera, JD Walker, TW Acee, NK McVaugh, DH Robinson: Podcasting in education: Are students as ready and eager as we think they are? In: Computers & Education. Volume 54, No. 2, 2010, pp. 371-378.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ iTunes U
  2. ↑ Apple Announces iTunes U on the iTunes Store. (No longer available online.) In: Apple Inc. May 30, 2007, archived from the original on May 1, 2011 ; Retrieved May 23, 2012 .
  3. ^ Open University's record iTunes U downloads. In: BBC News. October 3, 2011, accessed April 1, 2012.