Knut LinkeMBA, M.Comp. Sc.

LEARNTEC 2015, Karlsruhe, 28.01.2015

"Best Practices in the Production of Learning Nuggets"

„Hochschule Weserbergland: Hameln, Lower Saxony Private, founded 2012 ~460 students (informatics, business administration,

engineering – mostly dual students)

What can you expect?

Lessons learned and best practices: Most common production "mistakes“ Rapid e-learning production How can an educational institution basically start with the

production of learning nuggets? Basic requirements for video publishing in the net

About me…

E-Learning Center

Since 2012

Supported by an E-Learning strategy

What does the ELC offer:

Video production (media laboratory)

Preproduction and postproduction support

Virtual Classrooms (Adobe Connect; Reflact)

Lecture Capturing (Techsmith Relay)

Trainings (Media production, Virtual Classroom

handling…)

E-Examinations

Learn-Management-System

What I‘m trying to avoid?

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The mindsetPersonal/Organizational Mistakes: Copy a (complete) lecture or try to reach „high standards“ Comparing of results with TV or movie output instead of

looking on successful YouTube examples

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Do you really need Lightning?

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Do you really need a Green Screen?

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Do you really need a Green Screen?

Depth of field(Tiefenunschärfe)

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Sound: Sound quality might be more important then visual quality(!) Students tends to listen to a video instead of watching it Spend enough time on testing, because each person is

individual when if it comes to mixing and editing

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Look for the small things: Replace bonus parts with quality parts

Most valuable devices in the media room? Private „Clapperboard“ for 5.99€ incl. S&H Duct tape

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Applications which helped us: Camtasia Studio (Cutting + Sound filter) Audacity (Freeware with nice filters; Sound file must be

exported from the video file and then reimported) Cubase, Adobe Premiere & After Effects (MAC recommended)

Organizations which helped us:With Best Practices: elan e.v. – E-Learning Academic Network Niedersachsen & virtUOS (University Osnabrück)Trainings: FILM COOP, Munich & Filmhaus babelsberg, Potsdam& the users from amateurfilm-forum.de

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Rapid E-Learning Production

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If I asked people what the wantedthey would have said faster hourses“

- Henry Ford

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First: „Eat your own food“ Select content where you‘re an ace Select content which is secure for you Select content which you understandMaybe select a „Basic topic“ – and you might be the best…

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Second: Be yourself! Show your motivation

Do it when you have a good feeling about!Do it when you are excellent!And accept your failures…

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Third: Support the „producer“ Support him in the points mentioned beforeTry the result & be honest if something is wrong If it is tasty support, if not: Change your taste (visit

conferences and contender) or change the meal…

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Support yourself & choose the right EquipmentYou must not spend a high budget on Hardware (Priority): 1. USB Microphone for 49-159€

Like: - Samson Go Mic Portable USB Condenser

Microphone- Rode NT1-A

2. Good Headphones (~29€) (you need this to be able tolisten carefully)

3. High quality Webcam (79€) – i.E. Logitech HD Pro C920

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Support yourself & choose the right Apps1. Look for the „right“ application for you and your approach:- Do you need „real“ post production?

- Camtasia: SnagIt (Beginners) and Camtasia (Advanced)- Do you might go with Freeware?

- Free Screen Video Recorder, Ashampoo Snap 7

2. Think different:- Can you use a Hangout, AC or other collaboration tool?- Do you need a video of you?- If you have an camcorder: Do you need to screen the

desktop?

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Educational Institution? You Can!

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Rapid E-Learning with standardized support- Be aware of fear… it is a question of the mind set - Be sure that strategic support exists

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Basics: Video publishing in the Net

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First: Legal requirements1. Be sure that you own the rights on the content

Music, Sound Effects, Images, Drawings etc. With audience, you might ask the audience…

2. Make sure that the „producer“ of the content is aware ofpoint 1.

Support the production process with FAQ, Information documents and a „legal“ document which is signed

by the „producter“ and which makes clear that he hasunderstood the requirements.

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Second: Where and how do you publish? - What do you want to publish?- What is you target group?- What devices will the use?

„How to deal“ with mobile devices and the „Bring your owndevice“ Development?

- How can you tag the information and use for SEO?- Remember §52a (in Germany) Learn-Management-System

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Where and Who is your target group?& maybe: What is your content?

Open-Education or CC 0 Content? Great!

- Why not Torrent as distribution channel?- Or Dropbox Sharing…?- Be a Pirate with your OER Content on Pirate Bay!

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Third: remember always the quality…- You can not upscale video content (Brace youself: 4k is comming)

- Produce in 1080p- Let the platform do the work- If you do not use a platform, give the choice of quality/sizeto the student

- With each video compression the video quality does not increase (store the original files)

- If the image is compressed, expect that the sound is also compressed…

- Failures are anthropogenic…

This presentation was brought to you by:Knut Linke

Hochschule WeserberglandAm Stockhof 231785 Hameln

linke@hsw-hameln.de

+49 5151 9559-46

HSWeserbergland

@hsw_elc

www.hsw-elc.de

Thank you for your time!(23)

Sources:Screenshots HSW Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/HSWeserbergland (OER)Screenshots HSW Studio: Own work

Slide 2: www.fotolia.de ; www.istockfoto.com (HSW Portfolio)Slide 4: - Holy Grail, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiliger_Gral#mediaviewer/File:Caliz_de_Donna-

Urraca.jpg- 42, https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/6061815931/- Rocket Science, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/4150011975- Owl, https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/12576814824Slide 5:- Daaruum, https://www.youtube.com/user/daaruum- Simon Unge, https://www.youtube.com/user/ungespieltSlide 8: Aunt Renie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvu4kdSBUz8, Slide 12: Dagur Brynjolfsson, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pferdegangart#mediaviewer/File:Hestar_014.jpgSlide 13 + 15: ItsMeritesh, https://www.flickr.com/photos/itsmeritesh/10470324244/Slide 14: Jiuck, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jiuck/6982554346/

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