iTunes U and Vanderbilt May 18, 2007
Posted by Rachel in Academic Libraries, Blackboard, iTunes.1 comment so far
Were you aware that there is something called iTunes U?
“iTunes U is a free, hosted service for colleges and universities that provides easy access to their educational content, including lectures and interviews, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. … Through iTunes U, students can download content to their Macs or PCs, regardless of their location. They can listen to and view that content on their Mac or PC, or transfer it to iPod for listening or viewing on the go. Instructors can easily post and change content on their own without impacting the IT department. And, of course, students can upload their own content to share with professors or with the class.”
Well, here at Vanderbilt, Ralph Knapp at Peabody and many others have been working with Apple to get Vanderbilt involved in this new tool. And as of today, iTunesU is now integrated into Blackboard!
On Tuesday, May 22, 2007 @ 1:30 pm, there will be a training session in the Wyatt Center Macintosh Lab. The training will include how to create a podcast and how to interact with iTunesU. They are willing to entertain other questions and representatives from Apple will be at the training as well.
If you will be creating podcasts for your library, or plan on assisting faculty with podcasting and using iTunes U, or are just wanting more information about all this cool stuff, you are certainly welcome! For more info on podcasting in education, see this page on the Apple site.
If you plan on attending, please let Jim Parker, the University Webmaster, know that you will be there. He can be contacted at jim.parker@vanderbilt.edu or 615-343-8557.
