Saturday, November 29th, 2008
The Open University has just released its new online community site Platform. It is open to OU students and non OU students (or former students as about 50% of the population must have studied at least one OU programme by now). At first sight it looks terrific. Full of insights, useful -freely given- information and it is a doddle signing up. I have not explored all the levels and all the detail but it is well designed and uses media well. I am definitely going to book mark it.
The OU is also a participant in iTunesU along side a host of prestigious Universities who have given up a wealth of resources for absolutely nothing. It gets very little publicity but is well worth checking out. ITunes U is part of the Apple Store. Check out the menu on the left once you navigate to the Store page.
