Fairfield University has helped faculty incorporate audio and video technology into their curricula to make their content available to students in a digital format. Teaming up with Apple Computer to use iTunes University has simplified the digitizing process for faculty and enabled completely portable content for the students. With the recent exponential growth of iPods and podcasting among the college-age population, technology-savvy professors have sought to exploit this phenomenon in their classrooms. Since a large percentage of current undergraduates have already embraced the iPod and podcasting (i.e., they own iPods and use iTunes software outside of classes), it seems logical to try to leverage this trend in the academic arena. The question is, how? With all the different hardware and software available that utilizes the iPod and produces podcasts, what is the best way to create digital content from a curriculum so that it can be easily delivered to students and made portable? The answer: iTunes U as implemented at Fairfield University. | 
