Today The Krafty Librarian has a post discussing the new iTunes U. It is an interesting post and I encourage anyone who is teaching or taking classes to check it out.

While Krafty encourages librarians to not let the podcasting train pass them by (which I totally agree with), this post mainly caught my interest as an educator. I've been teaching for almost six years now, and in that time I have taught my classes in a variety of ways. I've had students in person, I've taught students via teleconferencing, and I've taught students online. While each variation has had its pros and cons, it seems more and more that students prefer to have remote access to course materials. With students able to download and listen to lectures whenever they desire, is the in-person class a thing of the past? Also, now that there is a video iPod how long will it be before instructors are asked to record not only an audio version of their lecture, but a video one as well?

Looks like I need to dig out the digital camera and brush up my video production skills.

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