Very funny…if you’re into that sort of thing.
Very interesting. I don’t think I would have been ready for such a course.
The ease of video production has greatly expanded the academic world’s ability to communicate, and has been used successfully as a supplement to the classroom experience. Most people who have taught in the college environment, however, would argue that there are limits to what can be accomplished outside the classroom environment. Alex Juhasz, a professor of media studies at Pitzer College, decided to explore those limits in detail by holding a class on YouTube entirely within the confines of YouTube’s video and comment systems.
It would be easy to dismiss this as a gimmick or publicity stunt, but Juhasz’s analysis of the experience provides a good perspective on what’s provided by the classroom experience in an era of distance learning and easily accessed podcasts of entire courses. The key features of a class, as she sees it, involve an interaction among the students, controlled and directed by the professor, that relies on preexisting communications skills.
Let these six and seven-year-olds from New Zealand explain it to you!
Who knew the guys down on North Avenue were so talented?
Start Slide Show with PicLens LiteThis would be worth a look for those of you working in school systems.
I would of course not recommend violating any copyright laws.
Now that I’ve said that, here they are.
Actually, it’s the Swedish Chef, Animal, and Beaker form the Muppet Show singing Danny Boy.
Nice article from the New York Times about distance learning in our colleges.
BECAUSE of the Internet, distance learning in higher education has come a long way since correspondence courses were sent through the mail. And technology like Web streaming has made online learning more like a real classroom experience.
As colleges increase their Web-based offerings, demand is growing for online teachers. That is bringing new job opportunities but also some concerns.
“The number of online teachers needed has increased because enrollment has increased,” said Jeff Seaman, survey director for the Sloan Consortium, a nonprofit group that studies trends in online learning. Nearly 3.5 million students were taking online courses in the fall of 2006, the most recent data available, Mr. Seaman said. That was up nearly 10 percent from the previous year.
Today, he said, more than two-thirds of all higher-education institutions have online offerings in some form.
Tom Ermolovich, an adjunct management professor at Northeastern University in Boston, gives lectures using streaming video that remote students can view online. “I think the videos make the online experience more interesting for the online student, who may feel isolated,” he said.
Patrick Scoble gives it up!
http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118-scobleizer-sponsored-by-seagate/66466-getting-aroun
Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors wants to be voted into the NBA All Star Game, so he made a video to make his case. He deserves to get in based on his acting skills.
This should keep you busy for a while.
Here you will find webcasts of the Internet pioneers, scholars and regulators who have spoken at the Oxford Internet Institute, covering areas such as: social media, Internet regulation, safety and security online, e-government and democracy, civil society, open access, e-learning, citizen journalism, and the future of the Internet itself.
Another great resource for you teachers!
Video in the Classroom was founded in 2003 by Mathew Needleman to focus on video production in the elementary grades.
The site was recently relaunched to showcase the work of elementary educators from across the country and provide additional how-to information, additional links, and a complete redesign.