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iTunes U: Corporate channel of free educational resources SPIDER: Sharing Practice with iTunes U Digital Eduational Res

iTunes U: Corporate channel of free educational resources SPIDER: Sharing Practice with iTunes U Digital Eduational Resources. Terese Bird Learning Technologist and SCORE Fellow University of Leicester/Open University ALT-C 8 September, 2011. What’ll we talk about?. What is iTunes U?

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iTunes U: Corporate channel of free educational resources SPIDER: Sharing Practice with iTunes U Digital Eduational Res

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  1. iTunes U:Corporate channel offree educational resourcesSPIDER: Sharing Practice with iTunes U DigitalEduational Resources Terese Bird Learning Technologist and SCORE Fellow University of Leicester/Open University ALT-C 8 September, 2011

  2. What’ll we talk about? • What is iTunes U? • Is iTunes U an OER channel? • Impact – not just downloads • How to join in Photo courtesy of quiroso on Flickr

  3. iTunes U for University

  4. iTunes U USPs • Multimedia Beyond-text • PCs and Macs • Made for mobile • Apple control making sure things work • Apple marketing

  5. Power Search

  6. Not just universities

  7. Is iTunes U OER?

  8. Way back in 2005…

  9. What is OER? OER Commons: “Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.”

  10. Most important to learners & educators! Easily adapted Educators ✔ ✗ Free Accessible Good Quality Learners ✔ Copyright OK

  11. iTunes U OER Scorecard

  12. Downloads

  13. 31 August – 7 September iTunesU Tweets

  14. Major Themes

  15. Unexpected themes

  16. Other Impact • ‘Apple gloss’ ends up encouraging OER discussion at institution • PhD student applications improve • Hits on university website increase • Multimedia OER • Mobile OER • Beyond Campus • K-12 Photo courtesy of superkimbo on Flickr

  17. How to jump in

  18. How to jump in

  19. How to jump in

  20. Make it work for you

  21. www.le.ac.uk/spider • tmb10@le.ac.uk • Twitter: tbirdcymru

  22. References • Yuan, L., MacNeill, S., Kraan, W. (2008) Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education, Educational Cybernetics: Reports 2008, 35. Retrieved from wiki.cetis.ac.uk • http://wiki.creativecommons.org/What_is_OER%3F • http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1780 • http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/itunesu/impact/ • White, D., Wild, J., Masterman, L., Manton, M. (2011) JISC OER Impact Study: Research Report. Retrieved from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer2/oerimpact.aspx

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