According to Philip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing and Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice-President of Internet Software and Services, there are: over 1.5 million iPads in use in education institutions over 1,000 one-to-one iPad deployments in K-12 schools over 700 million downloads at iTunes U over 500,000 audio or video offerings available on iTunes U over 1,000 universities and colleges around the world using iTunes U over 20,000 ‘education and learning’ applications available for iPad Today’s announcement by Apple launching iBooks 2, iBooks Author and an iTunes U App had me thinking all along … we’ve come full circle. If you think back to the late 80’s, through the 90’s and arguably at the onset of the new millennium, Apple was primarily an
iTunesU Archive
This is the follow-up to Part 1. Found below are two screen shots from iTunesU littered with additional thoughts from yours truly concerning how the platform could become a more collaborative and useful (social) learning portal. There are so many other opportunties to explore including the use of ‘Learning Apps’ that could tie directly into the iTunesU portal. Those would obviously be used on your mobile iPad, iPhone or iPod. Associations could also tie into the platform and link public or private accreditations to the ecosystem. (Eg. PMI could host their PMBOK and PMP credential within iTunesU … but the experience could be so much richer if iTunesU enhancements were made) This would be such an interesting project to tackle. (click each to see full-screen version) ____________________________________________________________________
Truth be told, I never was a big fan of Apple products. Oh sure, through courtship and then marriage I inherited a Mac Classic II as well as a Power PC, but for whatever reason, I never found myself 100% enthralled with its UI, feel, etc. Maybe it was Clarisworks. Most likely it was the Microsoft machine. But, over the past several years, my personal opinion of Apple has changed with the introduction of iPods, iPhones and iPads into our household. (we’re not quite there yet with a MacBook, but it looks to be inevitable) Through this evolution, I’ve begun to acquire an appreciation for the psyche of Apple users. Plenty has been written about the cult following of their brand and products, but I’m