{"id":30084,"date":"2012-06-20T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=30084"},"modified":"2012-06-20T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T18:52:50","slug":"itunes-u-gets-more-interactive-with-piazza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/06\/20\/itunes-u-gets-more-interactive-with-piazza\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes U gets more interactive with Piazza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"iTunes U Just Got A Killer New Feature\" href=\"http:\/\/edudemic.com\/2012\/06\/itunesu-piazza\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">iTunes U Just Got A Killer New Feature<\/a> <\/strong>&#8212; from edudemic.com by Jeff Dunn<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Available To You<\/strong><br \/>\nThe good news is that the social learning tools are available for ALL courses on iTunes U. So it\u2019s now a free, socially-enabled, robust learning platform that has seen more than 700 million downloads. Hard to argue with that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you\u2019re looking to take your classroom lectures and presentations online to share them with the world, this new development out of iTunes U could be just what you\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2012\/06\/nerds-of-the-world-unite-itunes-u-just-got-interactive\/258701\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nerds of the World, Unite! iTunes U Just Got Interactive <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from The Atlantic by Megan Garber<em><br \/>\nStanford is adding a social layer to its most popular class on Apple&#8217;s platform.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;d rather see Apple, <em>themselves<\/em>, get more invested in &#8212; and committed to &#8212; helping design and integrate more tools inherent within the iTunes U ecosystem itself, capabilities such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Web-based videoconferencing and collaboration tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Audio\/visual-based discussion boards (use voice and video to submit an initial posting as well as to respond to someone else&#8217;s posting)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Interactive whiteboards<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Application sharing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Social networking\/learning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">E-payments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iTunes U Just Got A Killer New Feature &#8212; from edudemic.com by Jeff Dunn Excerpt: Available To You The good news is that the social learning tools are available for ALL courses on iTunes U. 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