iTunes University is an online learning platform that administers over 350 000 educational courses from respectable sources.
Acclaimed educational institutions like Harvard, Yale, Stanford and many schools abroad are using iTunes University as a flexible environment with which to design and administer a course that allows easy access to resources and information.
iTunes University is being used for Sacred Heart College’s grade 7 technology app development project and for the Grade 7 art curriculum, which focuses on portraiture and digital art.
“The benefits for pupils using iTunes University are multiple,” sai Mr James Smurthwaite, Sacret Heart College’s iPad 1:1 project coordinator.
“Firstly, it allows for a changeable learning process in which they are able to continue with a course and subject outside of the classroom environment,” he added.
“This facilitates the possibility for pupils to pace their progression through the course as well as have the ability to refer to the goals, outcomes and requirements referentially at all times. The pupils have access to a clear, big picture of a course and the architecture of their own learning, in other words, the learning path and direction is clear. The pupils also have the ability to interact with fellow pupils and teachers outside of class time pertaining to the course and subject matter, which includes additional resources and information.”
The head of Sacret Heart College said that iTunes University prepares pupils for a future that does not exist yet, doing jobs that have to still be invented.
iTunes University creates an individualised experience for children that allows them to gain skills that are transferable across all areas of their life.
