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Not surprising, given how iTunes U never found a critical mass and quite frankly stagnated. It's a shame, since education tech is very bad and could really use
by amackera 5y ago
Not surprising, given how iTunes U never found a critical mass and quite frankly stagnated.
It's a shame, since education tech is very bad and could really use a wake-up call. I thought Apple entering the space might increase competition and lead to new innovation, but obviously that didn't happen.
- k-mcgrady 5y agoiTunesU predates things like Coursera. I’d say it took someone like Apple to convince major universities that making their lectures available was worthwhile or else people like Coursera never would have gotten off the ground. It’s a very different market now and iTunesU definitely stagnated but in 2007 it was pretty cool.
- amackera 5y agoiTunes U was totally cool in 2007, and remained cool into the early 2010s with some improvements. My just wish it had remained cool until today! To be honest, I think iTunes U was negative incentive for universities to put content online, since it was basically a failure. It took Coursera (and MITx, etc.) to show the value in MOOCs, and that people would pay for it. I'm not sure the line between iTunes U and Coursera is necessarily a straight one.
- manigandham 5y agoIt was a wake-up call when it started. It's since been replaced by plenty of better alternatives. There's more online learning content now than ever before, across more formats and platforms.
- ArkanExplorer 5y agoIts easier and probably more profitable for Apple to just sit back, let someone else do all the hard work, and just take 30%.
- amackera 5y agoThis is the correct take, IMO. Wise.