WGBH expands iTunes U offerings

WGBH, the public broadcasting station in Boston, said it is making additional content on iTunes U, Apple Inc.'s mobile learning initiative that provides digital lessons to students and lifelong learners.

Starting this week, WGBH said that visitors to iTunes U can gain free access to science assets from Teachers’ Domain, a WGBH-supported digital education service, as well as to episodes from "Basic Black" and "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One," two WGBH talks shows dedicated to serving the African-American and Latino communities.

(The photo at right, provided by WGBH, shows Hinojosa with one of her guests, comic Cheech Marin.)

WGBH began providing content to iTunes U about a year ago and has been steadily adding more offerings to the mobile learning initiative, a WGBH spokeswoman said.

She added that a WGBH goal is to make its original content available across multiple media platforms.

In a statement from last year when WGBH began its iTunes U initiative, WGBH president Jon Abbott said: “ITunes U presents a tremendous opportunity for WGBH to expand the reach of our educational TV, radio, and Web content to a global audience. We look forward to making even more of our programming available in the future by regularly adding new video clips and lectures to our presence on iTunes U.”
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)