{"id":31968,"date":"2012-08-24T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=31968"},"modified":"2012-08-24T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T13:41:28","slug":"itunes-u-course-manager-hands-on-jenner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/08\/24\/itunes-u-course-manager-hands-on-jenner\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes U Course Manager hands on [Jenner]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ucl.ac.uk\/ele\/2012\/08\/24\/itunes-u-course-manager-hands-on\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iTunes U Course Manager hands on<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from UCL &#8211; London&#8217;s Global University\u00a0 by Matt Jenner<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">iTunes U is known as a wonderful platform for finding recorded lectures and podcasts from academics and institutions across the world. But recently it\u2019s also become a location for entire courses, with students, multiple resources and some interaction all happening on devices such as the iPad. It\u2019s all very Apple-based, which means anyone without this hardware can\u2019t access it and thus it remains a little elitist. BUT there\u2019s still some good reasons to look into it \u2013 and I hope this begins to explain why.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Thanks Matt for the helpful screenshots and overview of what iTunes U is offering these days!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>If Apple were to devote more resources to create a fully-stocked CMS\/LMS, they could add a significant piece to the overall ecosystem they continue to build.\u00a0<\/strong> But this time, it would have significant benefits to those who want <em>to learn and to reinvent themselves<\/em> over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For example, what if:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Faculty members worked with students to create the textbooks using iBooks Author?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And the textbooks were free?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">iPads were used in BYOD type of settings and audio\/video\/text\/graphics-based files could be &#8220;beamed&#8221; up to a larger presentation display? (Or all of the materials that they would need are already on the iPad from their orientation day and onward &#8212; and would constantly be updated throughout their collegiate days?\u00a0 In fact, a supplemental charge could provide the ability for alumni to subscribe to constantly updated streams of content as well.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">CMS\/LMS functions like discussion boards, wikis, blogs, podcasts, videoconferencing and more could be built into iTunes U?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Could be a potent learning setup as such cloud-based materials are available to everyone throughout the globe &#8212; at very attractive prices.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iTunes U Course Manager hands on &#8212; from UCL &#8211; London&#8217;s Global University\u00a0 by Matt Jenner Excerpt: iTunes U is known as a wonderful platform for finding recorded lectures and podcasts from academics and institutions across the world. 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