6 posts tagged “video”
At a meeting around designing online courses the other day, the
question was posed around which resources could be sourced from other
sites without violating copyright. I gave a very brief overview of
Creative Commons, but there are some fantastic sites out there that
explain it all, O so much better than I can :-). Creative Commons
is one such site where you will find a wealth of information and
resources (including a place to license your own online materials). For
those rushed off their feet I located a video from their site which
clearly explains Creative Commons: http://ictelt.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-creative-commons.html.
Also, should you be looking for copyright safe images Techradar.com have located and reviewed 12 sites where you can search for free images: http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-essential-sites-for-great-free-photos-624818
- Multimedia - the nurturing of ideas
Sometimes wondered what all the fuss is about multimedia? Pondered how to express a gnarly concept? For me the answer is illustrated by this animated video "Democracy is..." (bu Lucas Szozda). It is, in my opinion, beautifully eloquent and yet hauntingly simple.
A brief comparison of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. The comparison was given as part of a workshop around using ICT Enhanced Learning and Teaching in general, and Web 2.0 in partcular. As such this is an excerpt from the workshop, which was facilitated by Hazel Owen and Vickel Narayan (The Centre of Teaching & Learning: Te Puna Ako, Unitec NZ)..
Ever
had that meeting where you have been working on innovative approaches
to something, and then you hit the brick wall? The person or group who
really do not want anything to do with what you are suggesting and are
not open to seeing the potential benefits, but rather focus on issues.
This animation: "Web tech guy and angry staff person"
looks at some of the common barriers frequently mentioned, and
discusses responses while also acknowledging that there is no easy fix.
I found it useful for raising awareness of some of the key points and
how I might open a dialogue around them in relevant situations.
This week I went to watch a presentation by Noel (a third year BDesign student), who was talking about his blog and the experiences he had had using it. After chatting with us for a few minutes, and mentioning how nervous he was he proceeded to confidently showcase his blog to a lecture theatre with about 30 first year students in it. It was superb - he covered how, with Vox, different levels of security could be assigned to each post, how feedback from peers and lecturers was rapid and could be done anywhere, and how each step of a project could be shown in his blog. He also mentioned more in depth discussions, group work, summaries, and even demonstrated how he could take a picture with his mobile phone and upload it there and then. The only downside was the time that blogging took if it was to be done well - but maybe when offset against more traditional ways of project-building, it might not be such a great investment in time, it just seems that way as it is done nearly every day. This is an awesome resource for folk who are trying to persuade faculty why blogs are a good way to go. Many thanks to Noel (and to Thom Cochrane for posting the footage :-)
This is a link to Thom Cochrane's workshop on podcasting - comprehensive, creative, and well worth a look if you are interested in making podcasts.
