[videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
If he is just interested in presenting some visual aids with the lecture maybe he should make an enhanced audio podcast. An enhanced podcast allows you to embed photos and set up chapters in an audio podcast. But the drawback to this would be that it can only be viewed in iTunes and photo ipods. Another option, the least sexy but most universally accessible would be to make a mp3 podcast and just post the visual aids on the blog that hosts the podcast. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a friend who is a Professor at a large University who would like to do VBlogging for some of his lectures. I told him I just started VBlogging yesterday and didn't really know but that I kind of doubted it was possible to send out both Video and Audio in the 30-50 minute range en mass as in Podcasting. Am I right or wrong about this? It seems to compress something enough would make the screen so small that details of maps and printed materials would be hard to see clearly. what are the parameters of file sizes that can be described in number of minutes? What is possible and what is practical? I know when I do a 30-40 audio podcast that this can take a long time to download for those that have dial up and also a serious take on my cable modem. But with Video I would think this would be a hard pill to swallow. What do you all think Joseph Puentes http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking bomb. Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a friend who is a Professor at a large University who would like to do VBlogging for some of his lectures. I told him I just started VBlogging yesterday and didn't really know but that I kind of doubted it was possible to send out both Video and Audio in the 30-50 minute range en mass as in Podcasting. Shoot the lecture, edit four x 15 min videos, and compress them well. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
Joe,Depends what he wants to do.If he just trying to make a copy for his students to review, then he can put the entire thing up and they can download them. This is exactly what I did last semester. (These were videos taken in a special distance ed room, and I had to talk them into giving me .wmv files that I could post on a non-password protected sight for download, in stead of their streaming real media server. I had some pretty interesting discussions about who owned the copyright to my lectures, because I wanted to make them creative commons, but that's another discusson). http://www.umr.edu/~rhall/hciHowever, if he's interested in making stuff for the world to see, like he is just interested in teaching people beyond his class, then I would strongly recommend the five minute compression route Matt suggests below. In fact, I would suggest that the professor think carefully about what is truely interesting and enjoyable in his lectures and work on editing based on the fact that most people expect short videos on the web these days ( e.g., Rocketboom is 3 minutes) ... of course, there are all sorts of cool things the professor could do with editing, but that depends on his purpose, as I said, and his passion for that sort of thing ... If he's really interested in using video blogging in teaching and would like to contact another professor with a passion for video blogging, whose never really figured out a way to connect it with his profesoring, tell him to email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ... RichardOn 12/18/05, Matthew Clayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com , Joseph Puentes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a friend who is a Professor at a large University who would like to do VBlogging for some of his lectures. I told him I just started VBlogging yesterday and didn't really know but that I kind ofdoubted it was possible to send out both Video and Audio in the 30-50 minute range en mass as in Podcasting.Shoot the lecture, edit four x 15 min videos, and compress them well. -- Richard http://www.richardshow.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
I agree. I would suggest that he further categorise his lecture topics that would fit into 3-5 minute videos. I would think most students would only want to review certain aspects rather than a whole hour of a lecture. The upside of this is that it allows him greater flexibility in chopping and changing his lectures/lecture topics and have smaller videos to edit and deal with. It would be more convinient for students to download key points they want rather than a whole lecture (take up less bandwidth for shorter time). Downside is that he has many little videos to edit and post. Just suggestions from a recently graduated, frantic note taking and filing uni student. Joan http://rantingsofjoan.blogspot.com On 12/19/05, Richard Show [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe,Depends what he wants to do.However, if he's interested in making stuff for the world to see, like he is just interested in teaching people beyond his class, then I would strongly recommend the five minute compression route Matt suggests below. In fact, I would suggest that the professor think carefully about what is truely interesting and enjoyable in his lectures and work on editing based on the fact that most people expect short videos on the web these days ( e.g., Rocketboom is 3 minutes) ... of course, there are all sorts of cool things the professor could do with editing, but that depends on his purpose, as I said, and his passion for that sort of thing ... If he's really interested in using video blogging in teaching and would like to contact another professor with a passion for video blogging, whose never really figured out a way to connect it with his profesoring, tell him to email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ... Richard SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Joan Khoo wrote: I agree. I would suggest that he further categorise his lecture topics that would fit into 3-5 minute videos. I would think most students would only want to review certain aspects rather than a whole hour of a lecture. The upside of this is that it allows him greater flexibility in chopping and changing his lectures/lecture topics and have smaller videos to edit and deal with. It would be more convinient for students to download key points they want rather than a whole lecture (take up less bandwidth for shorter time). Downside is that he has many little videos to edit and post. Just suggestions from a recently graduated, frantic note taking and filing uni student. Joan http://rantingsofjoan.blogspot.com http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/5953/‘Course casting’ lets students listen to lectures on iPods By Larry Angell | 11.23.05 | iPodSeveral universities across the U.S. have begun distributing lectures in digital form so students can download and listen to them on their iPods. Critics complain that the “course casting” of lectures cuts down on vital interaction with professors, and also lets students get by with cutting more classes.“Could ivy-covered lecture halls become as obsolete as the typewriter? This fall, a dozen colleges across the country have introduced a controversial new teaching tool called course casting, aimed at supplementing—and in some cases replacing—large, impersonal lectures,” writes Newsweek’s Peg Tyre. “Although it has been around for less than a year, course casting has become as popular as a keg party on homecoming weekend. Students at Purdue University have downloaded 40,000 lectures since the start of the semester—not bad for a school with an enrollment of 38,000. Drexel, Stanford, Duke and American University have begun course-casting programs, too.” -Well, I can comment on the value of recorded lectures as it was a major part my success at college. As a science major, there’s a lot of note taking along with the lecture, more often than not I’d miss a piece here or there. For instance, many professors draw diagrams on the board and discussing it, most of us try to get the diagram down. I used a digital record and changed my style of note taking to better utilize this tool. It works great and I will never take another course without it. As far as the comment of interaction with the professor and student, there are two aspects, first, as I mentioned, there are other things in courses, ie the diagrams, that just won’t work via a recording for obvious reasons, I never missed a day of class either, again, a science major. But, with that said, it depends on the professor, for some, all you’d need is a recording as even when you’d be in class to see if the lecture wasn’t a pre-recored, if you know what I mean; for some professors, there is NO interaction.By kaioslider on 11.23.05 at 02:49 PMhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10117475/site/newsweek/Professor In Your Pocket Now course casting lets college students skip classes and download lectures onto their iPods. Biology rocks! But some parents just don’t understand.Con:“..Students learn an important skill when they are required to show up for a lecture: creating a schedule and sticking to it. Being in class keeps them in regular contact with professors, which, experts say, is a key to keeping dropout rates low. Lectures, too, force students to focus for long, uninterrupted stretches. Course casting might work, says Lee Knefelkamp, a professor of education at Teachers College at Columbia University, if a professor is trying to deliver facts and concepts for later regurgitation. “Students can listen to that anywhere.” But a topnotch lecture, says Knefelkamp, “should be provocative, catch you up short and make you think in ways you never have before.” Those kinds of intellectual epiphanies, she says, rarely happen at the laundromat.”Pro:“..But converts say course casting is an easy way to add a much-needed jolt to the large introductory courses most departments must offer to underclassmen each semester. Students “aren’t interested in absorbing every word like passive sponges,” says Richard Lucic, a computer-science professor at Duke. Weaned on fast-paced music videos and thrill-a-minute game systems, students often complain that 90-minute lectures are mind-numbingly dull. The technology makes it easier for professors to enliven lectures with guest speakers and primary-source material. Some professors actually act more like DJs than Ph.D.s, composing musical intros, adding gong sounds, jokes and other aural cues to emphasize important ideas on the digitalized version of their lectures.”On 12/19/05, Richard Show [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe,Depends what he wants to do.However, if he's interested in making stuff for the world to see, like he is just interested in teaching people beyond his class, then I would strongly recommend the five minute compression route Matt suggests
Re: [videoblogging] Re: ClassRoom Lecture VBlogging?????
I fell into this same trap (my lecturers post their lecture slides online for students to print) and failed a few subjects. Its a hard lesson learnt but I didn't miss anymore lectures. It's recognizing that the internet is a supplement not a replacement of lectures. Unfortunately, not every uni student learns this lesson. Joan http://rantingsofjoan.blogspot.com On 12/19/05, B Yen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/5953/ 'Course casting' lets students listen to lectures on iPods By Larry Angell | 11.23.05 | iPodSeveral universities across the U.S. have begun distributing lectures in digital form so students can download and listen to them on their iPods. Critics complain that the "course casting" of lectures cuts down on vital interaction with professors, and also lets students get by with cutting more classes."Could ivy-covered lecture halls become as obsolete as the typewriter? This fall, a dozen colleges across the country have introduced a controversial new teaching tool called course casting, aimed at supplementing—and in some cases replacing—large, impersonal lectures," writes Newsweek's Peg Tyre. "Although it has been around for less than a year, course casting has become as popular as a keg party on homecoming weekend. Students at Purdue University have downloaded 40,000 lectures since the start of the semester—not bad for a school with an enrollment of 38,000. Drexel, Stanford, Duke and American University have begun course-casting programs, too." - Well, I can comment on the value of recorded lectures as it was a major part my success at college. As a science major, there's a lot of note taking along with the lecture, more often than not I'd miss a piece here or there. For instance, many professors draw diagrams on the board and discussing it, most of us try to get the diagram down. I used a digital record and changed my style of note taking to better utilize this tool. It works great and I will never take another course without it. As far as the comment of interaction with the professor and student, there are two aspects, first, as I mentioned, there are other things in courses, ie the diagrams, that just won't work via a recording for obvious reasons, I never missed a day of class either, again, a science major. But, with that said, it depends on the professor, for some, all you'd need is a recording as even when you'd be in class to see if the lecture wasn't a pre-recored, if you know what I mean; for some professors, there is NO interaction.By kaioslider on 11.23.05 at 02:49 PM SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
