There have been several stories in the news lately about colleges partnering with Apple to offer podcasts of lectures or other audio content through iTunes. (see below for example) Aside from the questions these partnerships raise about Apple, marketing, and iPod dominance, they also raise questions about how the CTL (LRG? UVM?) might enable this kind of activity. Should we be encouraging UVM to make it’s intellectual capital available this way? How can we support this? What hurdles must be cleared to make the process easier? How do we get beyond the “early adoptor” stage?
roanoke.com – New River Valley Current-Apple isn’t just for teachers anymore — iTunes service to debut at Radford in fall