Audio & PDF Production for Blackboard & iTunes U

February 9th, 2010 in Featured | No Comments

Technical advice and tips for producing content for UQ Blackboard and iTunes U by Matt Petersen – UQ School of Journalism
Download and listen to the recorded training session for Audio and PDF production for iTunes U and Blackboard (PDF, 16Mb)
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Can podcasts replace Professors?

January 18th, 2010 in Featured | No Comments

Abstract: iTunes University, a website with downloadable educational podcasts, can provide students the opportunity to obtain professors’ lectures when students are unable to attend class. To determine the effectiveness of audio lectures in higher education, undergraduate general psychology students participated in one of two conditions. In the lecture condition, participants listened to a 25-min lecture [...]

iTunes UQ site coming soon

September 8th, 2009 in Team | 1 Comment

Welcome to UQ iTunes U website. We will be launching iTunes for UQ soon.
About iTunes U

All about creating a UQ presence within the popular Apple iTunes media player
Sponsored by DVC Academic using ITS, Library, OMC, CEIT
Will be available for entire University with distributed control
Each unit can submit their own material for download from iTunes

Advantages [...]