It’s been around for a bit, but I just discovered it. Apple now offers iTunesU, podcast lectures and course materials from some of our finest institutions of higher learner. (They should work nicely in our high schools and on our ipods too.) Among the participating institutions are MIT, Arizona State University, Duke, Penn State, and UC Berkeley.
From the Apple page:
iTunes U has arrived, giving higher education institutions an ingenious way to get audio and video content out to their students. Presentations, performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours, archival footage — school is about to become even more inspiring.
Just like the iTunes Store, the popularity of iTunes U has exploded. Already, more than half of the nation’s top 500 schools use it to distribute their digital content to students — or to the world. Any school can open all or part of its site to the public, from alumni to parents to anyone with a love of learning. iTunes U is transforming the way people learn on campus, off campus, and where there’s no campus at all.
Don’t forget The Research Channel, a portal more than 3000 shared educational videos, and the wonderful OER Commons, which provides shared curricular materials in multiple formats for K-16.
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Joyce,
Thank you for this information. I will pass it along to teacher librarians in Canada. Upon exploring the resource, I really liked Lit2Go: Audio Files for K-12 from the University of South Florida. Teachers can also download printable versions of the stories.
It is my hope that Canadian universities will contribute to this new format.
Richard
Teachers are welcome to download speeches from world-renowned leaders. Visit Texas A&M at iTunes U at http://itunes.tamu.edu. Go to the George Bush Presidential Library Center and click on the different forums. You will find Tony Snow, Helmut Kohl, Billy Graham, Chris Everett, and others.
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