Last Updated on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 11:03 AM
A collaborative project between the Kentucky Department of Education, the University of Kentucky's College of Education - P20 Innovation Labs, Kentucky Educational Television (KET) along with Apple, Inc., school districts, government agencies and their affiliates that provide access to quality digital content resources.
Featuring free content related to education in the commonwealth - the Kentucky iTunes U portal is intended to offer it's users an additonal method of accessing quality educational content.
Click on the link below to access the iTunes U Kentucky Portal: http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/kentucky/id411806090
So What is ITunes U:
iTunes U content is Mobile. Mobility is ever so important for todays personal digital learning.
There is no account needed to get to the content in KY iTunes U. The content is free. Free to store, free to distribute, and free to consume.
iTunes U provides a distribution pathway for offline content. (while streaming services such as YouTube are great! We have access problems to the content when offline). Through iTunes U, teachers, parents, and learners can download content to devices, while they have access to the Web, and store it for later when they do not.
Is part of the concept of Anytime, Anywhere, Always on, Any device, Any Content...
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We are at the beginning of an exciting initiative connecting students, parents, educators, and communities across Kentucky and around the world!
Audio files, video files, enhanced podcasts, PDF’s, and ePub (electronic publications) that support education are being freely distributed to Kentucky through iTunes U.
On the Kentucky iTunes U page there are sections for Featured Content, What's New, and Top Downloads.