Apple has announced downloads from iTunes U have surpassed the one billion mark, with more than 60 per cent of downloads coming from outside the United States.
The free educational content resource ums and other sources hosts more than 2,500 public and private courses from over 1,200 universities and colleges, and is accessed from 155 countries.
“There are now iTunes U courses with more than 250,000 students enrolled in them, which is a phenomenal shift in the way we teach and learn,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services in an Apple statement.
“Because of iTunes U, I have been able to introduce students and colleagues in China to research on the links between chronic multitasking, information overload and stress; discuss research publications and degree programs with students in Europe; and exchange information about the influence of neighborhood design on community levels of physical activity and obesity with students in Australia,” said Dan Stokols, a professor at University of California, Irvine, in the Apple statement.
