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iTunes U downloads top 300 million

On 08/24/2010, in Apple, content repositories, game-changing environment, global / globalization, iTunes U, online learning, open courseware and systems, by Daniel Christian

iTunes U downloads top 300 million — press release from Apple.com

CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2010—In just over three years, iTunes® U downloads have topped 300 million and it has become one of the world’s most popular online educational catalogs. Over 800 universities throughout the world have active iTunes U sites, and nearly half of these institutions distribute their content publicly on the iTunes Store®. New content has just been added from universities in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and Singapore, and iTunes users now have access to over 350,000 audio and video files from educational institutions around the globe.

“iTunes U makes it easy for people to discover and learn with content from many of the world’s top institutions,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “With such a wide selection of educational material, we’re providing iTunes users with an incredible way to learn on their computer, iPhone, iPod or iPad.”

Created in collaboration with colleges and universities, iTunes U makes it easy to extend learning, explore interests or learn more about a school. A dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com), iTunes U offers users public access to content from world class institutions such as Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, University of Melbourne and Université de Montréal. iTunes U gives anyone the chance to experience university courses, lab demonstrations, sports highlights, campus tours and special lectures. All iTunes U content is free and can be enjoyed on a Mac® or PC, or wirelessly downloaded directly onto an iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad™.

Also see the following graphic (from http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/24/itunes-u-enrollment-soars/)

Tagged with: Apple • content repositories • game-changing environment • Global learning • iTunes U • ocw • online learning

AMSER.org — Applied Math & Science Education Repository

On 05/10/2010, in content repositories, mathematics, science, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: content repositories • math • science

Professors control course content by publishing e-textbooks — from Convergemag.com

On 05/10/2010, in Using teams, adjunct faculty, business side of he, change, changing business models, content development, content repositories, digital textbooks, disruption, e-readers, entrepreneurship, faculty, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Earn more, charge less

He also spends less money publishing them. With his original textbook, he printed 3,000 copies and had to store them, so he didn’t break even for a while. That’s not the case with creating e-textbooks.

“You don’t have to have a bunch of books laying around, you don’t have to have the initial startup costs,” Chamberlain said, “and then you can send that savings on back to the students.”

For the past five years, Florida State College at Jacksonville has been driving down the cost of textbooks for its students through the SIRIUS initiative. SIRIUS brings together between 50 and 75 faculty members to create course material and textbooks for classes they’re qualified to teach, said Chief Operations Officer Jack Chambers. So far, they’ve developed 20 interactive general education courses.

The textbooks cost $60.98 in print, but this fall, they will publish online through CafeScribe at a price of $48 each. Eleven other colleges will use them as well.

Before the courses publish, a team of content specialists, instructional designers, quality assurance staff and multimedia personnel review them, as do expert faculty members outside the college (emphasis DSC).

Tagged with: adjunct faculty • disruption • faculty • new business models in he • new publishing models • publishing • Using teams

Education Innovation — from the Gilfus Education Group

On 04/22/2010, in CMS/LMS, content repositories, innovation, open courseware and systems, by Daniel Christian

Education Innovation: Top Five Education Industry Trends Predictions from the Gilfus Education Group Make Significant Progress in 2010
Education Industry leaders see tangible evidence of Education Innovation and Technology Trends predicted from October 2009.

In October 2009 the Gilfus Education Group predicted the:

Emergence of robust “Enterprise” Open Source Learning Management Systems
Combination of academic and administrative functionality into a more cohesive experience
Proliferation of “Software-as-a-Service” administrative and academic applications
Growth of independent content object repositories to support teaching and learning
Introduction of successful learning applications from other countries into North America

Tagged with: CMS/LMS • content repositories • innovation • ocw

Tagged with: digital video • ocw • STEM

The 4C Initiative

On 02/01/2010, in Uncategorized, content repositories, global / globalization, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

The 4C Initiative is a series of projects aimed at increasing digital content capacity for education on a global scale.
Content. Capability. Connect. Collaborate.

Tagged with: collaboration • connect • content • global • Global learning • web-based collaboration

Portals, not repositories — from Mike Bogle

On 01/29/2010, in content repositories, portals, by Daniel Christian

Portals, not repositories – from Mike Bogle

From his “Bigger than content” section:

The point here is that, in light of the prevailing aversion to sharing of material, I just can’t see the financial justification or prospect of success in setting up these large, expensive centralised repositories. People seem far more willing to share their materials in a context and environment that they feel a sense of “ownership” and control over.

In order to evolve past this cycle of hoarding and protecting, I think we must address the cultural elements first. The discussion has to be bigger than content, because the concerns are bigger than content.

In my view this is one of the key aspects that PLNs, open education, networked learning, and communities of practice have going for them. Not only do they model sharing and reuse, they demonstrate how it fits within the wider landscape of learning, teaching, personal and professional development – and in fact largely answer the question “what’s in it for me.”

Honestly I can’t say that centralised repositories do the same thing, because they still focus on content, and content by itself is static.

Quote from elsewhere in his posting:

But fundamentally we need to start thinking of content as something that sits within a broader process of participation, engagement, and discourse (emphasis DSC), rather than a singular focal point.

From DSC:
…as something that sits within a broader…learning…ecosystem.

Tagged with: content repositories • portals

Learning Ecosystems

iTunes U downloads top 300 million

AMSER.org — Applied Math & Science Education Repository

Professors control course content by publishing e-textbooks — from Convergemag.com

Education Innovation — from the Gilfus Education Group

The 4C Initiative

Portals, not repositories — from Mike Bogle

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