[Using Sakai] itunes U app

[Michael S Elledge]

Another huge question is to what extant the content--and the apps--are accessible. And will it they be available cross-platform?

Mike


On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Sean DeMonner <demonner at umich.edu> wrote:

> The UI is very slick as you'd expect from Apple, and the idea of using iPads to replace stacks of paper is a no brainer for most people. Having the content, including notes, stored in the cloud is a big plus for multi-device users. Will be interesting to see how they build out the feature set to include things like social media and assessment.
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> But the real question IMO is how much of the publishers' premium textbook content Apple has been able to license and how competitive they can make the pricing.
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> SMD.
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> On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:55 AM, Adam Marshall wrote:
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>> "Apple today also announced an all-new iTunes(r) U app giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone(r) and iPod touch(r) to teach and take entire courses. With the new iTunes U app, students using iPads have access to the world's largest catalog of free educational content, along with over 20,000 education apps at their fingertips and hundreds of thousands of books in the iBookstore that can be used in their school curriculum, such as novels for English or Social Studies.* The iTunes U app is available today as a free download from the App Store."
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>> Look at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1201oihbafvpihboijhpihbasdouhbasv/event/index.html  50 mins in
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>> Discuss .....
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