Giving an honest review of iTunesU is going to take a lot from me. So I am going to try and put aside my dislike of apple products. I'm going to give this review a little different than the others because it is quite a unique educational platform.
Pro's:
- With iTunesU I have the freedom to learn anywhere I choose. This can come in handy for a bunch of reasons. With iTunesU anyone who takes the train may now turn that long drive into a learning experience. I know you can do so with a laptop or book, but I don't carry those around with me everywhere I go.
- iTunesU has curriculum from very respected scholars. The teachers come from a range of Harvard, and Stanford Professors, to company executives.
Con's:
- Everything I do in iTunesU is directly correlated to iTunes. Let me explain, I open the app, then proceed to spend time deciding what subject I want to take a crack at. I choose French 1. I don't know what possessed me, it just seemed like a good class to play around in. I even pick a few phrases up. Between lessons I am clicking to go to other parts of the authors book; this would be fine, if I wasn't being redirected to iTunes favorite eBook Fault in our Stars. Not a bad choice but I feel as if I got the free version of Pandora and between pages it wants to show me an advertisement.
- The user interface is semi challenging to figure out. There is not much instruction, and it is hard to figure out where you are supposed to go once you pick a class.
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