Effective Use of Streaming Media in Higher Education

Wiebe Nijlunsing

Johan Oomen

Overview of the presentation

• Short overview of some pilots

• Some Dutch Context

• Methods

• Critical Success Factors

• Innovative value vs encountered problems

• Dutch Video Portal

• Statements and discussion

Some examples (see also the paper)

• Innobus case in business/management

• Digital video reflection in teacher training

• Small Business and Retail Diemen

• ACTA (dentistry)

• Leiden Cultural Anthropology: Homals

• VU Motoric disorders

More info on Innobus

• <CD: short factory tour>• http://www.digiuni.nl/digiuni/index.cfm/site/digiuni/pageid/BDC6B912-F558-4ECF-63B159E9AD738D32/

objectType/Article/objectID/A2DFE5B0-4233-0E8F-93B101E7ACC1C2B6/LayoutTemplate/tekst/index.cfm• http://windev.dinkel.utwente.nl/InnoBusDemo/Start.htm

ILO UvA Teachertraining Live

• Site for intervision– Look and react – or add and change

• http://www.ilo.uva.nl/studieweb/vakken/divireflectie/videowebsite.asp

Competentie 19.6

Competentie 19.6‘De student kan gedrag en stijl aanpassen aan de situatie’

Opening 1e vergadering

Opening 1e vergadering 2

Opening 2e vergadering

PG - Shahram

Small Business live

• Videopoort, digitizing and storing a VHS• http://videosearch.surfnet.nl/play_proxy/staging_svp/8118/vidpoort.wmv

• <CD with evaluation interview student sjoerdondertiteldkort.wmv>

Acta live

• Teacher entry:

• http://www.onderwijs.acta.nl/webstroom

• Login with gast gast

• Student entry:

• http://www.onderwijs.acta.nl

Motor disorders: vertical the time line, horizontal some reflexes in normal and

abnormal situations. Clicking starts the video.Table imported in Blackboard.

SURF

The Webstroom Community

• Community fostered by SURF

• Hybrid between technology, pedagogy and content owners

• Aim: to support the effective use of streaming media in higher education– Gather & distribute knowledge amongst HE

institutions

Activities and community support

• Meetings throughout the year

• Website (who’s who, best practices)

• Newsletter, discussion list• Active participation in conferences

(DIVERSE – SURF education seminar)

• Pilot projects 2002-2004

Methods

• Start 2002 and 2003 in two rounds with 4 plus 5 projects

• Budget K€ 10 – 15 each

• Simple rules, bottom up approaches

• Outcomes for collective use

Four types of approaches, but always student centered

• Problem based (“Canned Problem”)

• Competences based

• Guided instruction (“Cookbook”)

• Multimedia library

Four ways of using Streaming video

• Freshly shot (e.g. Innobus)

• Existing own VHS tapes digitized (ACTA)

• Students filmed themselves (supermarket)

• External sources (TV, Image & Sound)

Critical success factors (1)

• Small scale

• Simple project management

• Bottom up approach

• Right moment in technological development to start educational experiments

Critical success factors (2)

• Cooperation in resources

• Setting standards and metadata

• Exchange of “good practices” in “webstroom” meetings plus website

• Small scale experiment plus coaching facility

The innovative value

• Every pilot was first “real” experiment

• Used to set standards for institute

• Provided casus to motivate teachers to master (some of) the techniques

• Triggered thinking about innovative didactical approach

Encountered Problems

• Rights: how to deal with it?

• Standards: which to choose?

• Firewalls…

• Version conflicts

SURFnet Video Portal: integrating content and context

Video assets Toolsexamples and

documentsPeople

Mirroring the community

The building blocks of the community are also represented on the website.

Online Demo

http://stream1.surfnet.nl/cgi-bin/users/launch.cgi?g/geheugen/windowsmedia/BG_15745-500k-300k.wmv

Sound and Vision:streaming cultural heritage into

education• A complete service

– Legacy material from Sound and Vision– Current affairs material from Public

Broadcasters– Flat fees

Webstroom: our roadmap until 2006

• Expand the scope of the community– strengthen ties with ‘ICT in Education’ departments

(‘reach the teachers’) and include libraries

• Cross fertilization with other SURF communities– IPR Community– Metadata standards Community

• New call for proposals December 2004• International Collaboration

– JISC– DIVERSE (5th to 7th July, 2005 Vanderbilt University)

Discussion

• Which clarifying questions do you have?

• Do you agree that Streaming Video is an underestimated tool in education?

• Do you think these projects were helpful in exploring new possibilities?

• How do you think the pedagogical examples shown can be disseminated?

http://video.surfnet.nl

Joomen@beeldengeluid.nl

w.nijlunsing@pers.vhall.nl