Presentation delivered at the Languages Open Resources Online Event "Does it make a difference? Reseraching adn evaluating the impact of repositories and OERs on teaching and learning", 23 March, 2011, at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

1. The Impact on Learning of iTunes U Open Educational Resources Terese Bird Learning Technologist and SCORE Fellow Beyond Distance Research Alliance University of Leicester 23 March, 2011

2. iTunes U for University

4. 22 March 2011

7. Characterising iTunes U Tweets Category of Tweet Number Use iTunesU material to teach others 4 Use for oneself – just interested 13 Use for oneself – learn something specific 10 Technical discussion 7 Academic discussion 15 General positive 20 General positive – OER-related 3 Negative 1

8. What are iTunes U users thinking?

11. Open University iTunes U Site

13. University of Leicester Microbiology Bytes iTunes podcasts 164 episodes; each file downloaded average of 73x every month at peak (Courtesy of Dr Alan Cann, University of Leicester Department of Biology http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/microbiologybytes-enhanced/id177803088)

15. Photo courtesy of Sigalakos on Flickr