The Impact on Learning of iTunes U Open Educational Resources

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The Impact on Learningof iTunes UOpen
Educational Resources

• Terese Bird
• Learning Technologist and SCORE Fellow
• Beyond Distance Research Alliance
• University of Leicester
• 23 March, 2011

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iTunes U for University
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22 March 2011
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Snapshot via Twitter

• 5th 10th March 2011
• iTunesU
• 101 tweets
• 73 English
• 28 non-English

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Characterising iTunes U Tweets
Category 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
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What are iTunes U users thinking?
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iTunes U Impact Survey

• N 126

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iTunes U Impact Survey

• 24.6 had already used educational material from
  iTunes or iTunes U

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Open University iTunes U Site
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University of Leicester Microbiology 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/microbiologybyt
es-enhanced/id177803088)
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Other Impact

• PhD student applications improve
• Hits on university website increase
• Multimedia OER
• Mobile OER
• Beyond Campus
• K-12

Photo courtesy of superkimbo on Flickr
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Photo courtesy of Sigalakos on Flickr