Apple Ending Its Apple Learning Interchange

Dear Apple Learning Interchange members,

For years the Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) has served as an important resource for educators to access great education content, share best practices, and learn more about using technology in the context of teaching and learning. Over the last three years, iTunes U in the iTunes Store has grown to be an even larger education resource.

On September 3, 2010, Apple will be phasing out the ALI website and we invite you to visit iTunes U and the following resources to continue learning and collaborating with other educators. As we look ahead, we believe that iTunes U is the best way to meet the growing needs of teachers and students demanding flexible access to world-class curriculum and learning resources.

iTunes U
There are over 800 universities with active iTunes U sites. Nearly half of these institutions — including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, and UC Berkeley — distribute their content publicly on the iTunes Store. In addition, cultural and education institutions such as the Library of Congress, public broadcasting, and state departments of education also contribute to this growing educational content repository which now includes over 325,000 free lectures, audiobooks, lesson plans, and more. iTunes U is the ideal resource for educators who want to gain insight into curriculum being taught world wide, get access to primary resources, and find inspiration for enhancing teaching and learning with technology.

A sampling of the amazing resources available for both K12 and HIED on iTunes U include:

QUEST: Science and Nature
KQED

Ask a Biologist
Arizona IDEAL

Teaching Mathematics
Virginia Department of Education

Lit2Go
University of South Florida

Three Countries You Ought to Know About
Virginia Department of Education

Wired Study Tips
Texas A&M

Roy's Writing Tools
Poynter Institute

Edutopia

The Library of Congress

MIT OpenCourseware

UC Berkeley

Archive Tool for ALI Authors
Many of you have contributed podcasts, lesson ideas, and other media to ALI and we want to thank you for your content and provide you with an opportunity to retrieve those projects for your files. Please take this time to review your contributions and ensure you have retrieved any needed items before September 3, 2010, as the site and it's contents will be permanently and securely deleted at that time. To make it easier for you to retrieve your work, we've added an option to download your projects as an archive. After you login to ALI, click "Submissions" and you will find a "Download Archive" link next to each of your projects.

We sincerely thank you for your past contributions.

The ALI Team
ali.apple.com

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