From the Apple.com site I found this on iTunes U; “Learning no longer happens only at a desk. Students now expect constant access to information, no matter where they are. Which is exactly why more and more faculty are using iTunes U to distribute digital lessons to their students.”

Teachers are using iLife and iWork applications to create customized ed. Materials. For example, language lessons that students can listen to on the bus or at home. With the help of things like Podcast Producer and Wiki Server, IT professionals at schools can help produce and distribute all kinds of multimedia content on iTunes U or a class wiki.

Once your classroom presentations and lectures have been captured and published, students can download them from iTunes. Then they can transfer them to iPod or iPhone and take it all with them. Any place can be a place to learn. iTunesU

I think iTunes U could be a very useful educational tool. iPods are a big deal for most students and for them to be able to access their lessons on their iPods would also be very useful to them as well. As for teachers, having students download their lessons onto their iPods will cut down on repetition. If a student is absent on the day that a teachers went over a particular lesson, they can download it to their iPod and then there you go. I wish I would have had this type of availability when I was in high school.

A video on iTunes U can also be found at iTunesU.