The introduction of a wireless version of the iTunes Store for iPhones and iPod Touches means that students can now download coursework on-demand directly from connected mobile devices. In the year since its introduction, iTunes U has logged over 4 million downloads, though Apple will not release precise statistics to anyone other than participating universities and organizations.
Educators can use the service to upload coursework and lectures for easy distribution on a platform that students are generally already competent navigating. The material can then either be watched directly on the PC or synchronized onto a portable media player for mobile learning. The visitor can then select entire courses or choose individual video or audio recordings, ebooks or PDFs.
From there, her or she can go directly to the institution's homepage on iTunes U. The user may also visit the relevant subdomain of a participating university, like. To use the service, a user is required to download and install iTunes on an Internet-connected PC and then visit the iTunes Store. The Beyond Campus section of iTunes U also delivers programming from American Public Media, PBS, the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian.
Participating institutions include Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Melbourne, Texas A&M, MIT, Yale, Trinity College Dublin and many more. iTunes U allows a visitor to search, download and play educational content in the same way that they can manipulate songs, podcasts, television shows and movies.
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ITunes U is a dedicated section of Apple's iTunes Music Store that features educational audio and video files from universities, museums and public media organizations for free download to PCs and mobile devices.
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