On March 10, 2011 I had the great privilege of speaking at the annual ACCESS (accessed.org) Conference on the history and benefits of an iTunes U program. This presentation accompanied my talk.

1. iTunes U
Brandon Cozart
Director of RTS on iTunes U
March 10, 2011

2. Overview
What is iTunes U?
The Evolution of iTunes U
Internal vs. External Sites
Media Formats

3. Overview
What is iTunes U?
RTS on iTunes U
Our Story
Integrating iTunes U with the M.A.R.
Extending Our Reach

4. Overview
What is iTunes U?
RTS on iTunes U
The Impact of iTunes U
Faculty
Students
The World

5. What is
iTunes U?

6. iTunes U brings the power of the iTunes
Store to education, making it simple to
distribute information to your students
and faculty — or to lifelong learners all
over the world.
– apple.com/itunesu

7. The Evolution
of iTunes U

13. By the Numbers
800+ Active Content Providers
26 Represented Countries
350,000+ Learning Assets
Over 300 Million Downloads

14. Internal Sites
Content Distributed to Enrolled Students
Tremendous Advantages for Distance
Educators
Integrates With Existing Authentication
Systems
Shibboleth (default), Kerberos, LDAP, Active
Directory, etc.

15. External Sites
Your Content is Publicly Available Around
the World
A Powerful, Cost-efficient Marketing
Platform
Helps Foster Community Among Targeted
Constituencies
Robust, Web-based Administration

19. Media Formats
Audio: AAC, MP3
Video: H.264; M4V, MP4, MOV
Print: PDF, ePub

20. RTS on
iTunes U

21. Our Story
Started in May 2006
June 2007: Full Audio Content for
27 Courses Released to the Public
One of the First 20 Institutions in
the Main iTunes Store

22. Our Numbers
May 2011: Five Year Anniversary
Full Audio Content for 41 Courses
105 Collections; 1,716 Learning
Assets
~9 Million Total Downloads

23. M.A.R. Integration
90% Online Master of Arts
(Religion)
500 Active Students
iTunes U Content Integrated with
Moodle Classrooms

24. Extending Our
Reach

28. The Impact
of iTunes U

29. Faculty
Easy to Use
Greater Sense of Ownership
Spurs Creativity in Instructional
Design

30. Students
Greater Flexibility
Increased Retention of
Information
Greater Sense of Belonging
Among Online Students

31. The World

33. Q&A

34. Brandon Cozart
bcozart@rts.edu