The impact on learning of iTunes U Open Educational Resources
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The Impact on Learning of iTunes U Open Educational Resources Terese Bird Learning Technologist and SCORE Fellow Beyond Distance Research Alliance University of Leicester 23 March, 2011
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Presentation delivered at the Languages Open Resources Online Event "Does it make a difference? Reseraching adn evaluating the impact of repositories and OERs on teaching and learning", 23 March, 2011, at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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The Impact on Learningof iTunes U
Open Educational Resources
Terese BirdLearning Technologist and SCORE Fellow
Beyond Distance Research AllianceUniversity of Leicester
23 March, 2011
iTunes U for University
22 March 2011
Snapshot via Twitter
• 5th – 10th March 2011• “iTunesU”• 101 tweets
– 73 English– 28 non-English
Characterising iTunes U TweetsCategory of Tweet Number
Use iTunesU material to teach others 4
Use for oneself – just interested 13
Use for oneself – learn something specific 10
Technical discussion 7
Academic discussion 15
General positive 20
General positive – OER-related 3
Negative 1
What are iTunes U users thinking?
iTunes U Impact SurveyN = 126
iTunes U Impact Survey24.6% had already used educational
material from iTunes or iTunes U
Open University iTunes U Site
University of LeicesterMicrobiology Bytes iTunes podcasts
164 episodes; each file downloaded average of 73x every month at peak(Courtesy of Dr Alan Cann, University of Leicester Department of Biology http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/microbiologybytes-enhanced/id177803088)
Other Impact• PhD student applications improve• Hits on university website increase• Multimedia OER• Mobile OER• Beyond Campus• K-12
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