Lynn University has been a pioneer in the use of iPads
in education. The Boca Raton, FL, institution is at it again, using the device
to offer an online bachelor’s degree program that will cost students about the
same as the average state university tuition.
The iLynn program,
which will begin in the fall, is designed to provide personalized learning and
unlimited access to its collaborative tools. The school is also launching the Lynn
University Digital Press to publish scholarly works for its iPad and iTunes U
academic content.
Lynn faculty members have already created 24 e-textbooks
and are working on another dozen. Instructors receive a new laptop with iBooks
Author software and a $2,000 stipend for participating in the program.
“We’ve felt we really needed infrastructure around our
faculty so they could concentrate on the right content and not necessarily on
being experts in being an author or editing or rights and permissions,” Chris
Boniforti, chief information officer at Lynn, told Inside Higher Education.