Video Sharing in the Online ClassroomBernard Bull & Matt Stenson

IntroductionE-learning literature is rich with examples of text-based approaches to teaching and learning.Current and emerging technologies afford opportunity to explore multimedia mashups in the e-learning environment.Growing desire among faculty for ways to share and receive video and audio.

Four Key QuestionsHow can one use existing online discussion tools to integrate video prompts and other forms of multimedia interaction? How can one more easily facilitate student-centered multimedia projects in the online classroom? To what extent is it possible to enable all participants in a given e-learning course to communicate via text, audio, video or a combination of the three?Is there E-Learning potential for video sharing environments like YouTube.

What Makes this Possible?

HTML Tags in the LMS

Content Creation ToolsWindows Movie MakerBuilt in webcam recording softwareiMoviePhotostory 3

Media Sharing Services

Mashups

What Makes this Possible?

YouTubeInitial VideoEmbed LinkOther videos fromthe same userVideo ResponsesRelated Videos

The Mediawire (CU-Tube) ProjectWe could have used YouTube, but we wanted control, security, and integrationMust have an authentication protocol that integrates with active directory Individual students/faculty can create videos with a tool of their choice and easily upload it to the video sharing serviceAutomatic conversion to Flash with option for MP4Automatic creation of three ways to share (download link, direct play link, embed tag)Users can create a password for each individual video

MediaWire Demo

Version 2.0Vodcasting (RSS)TagsBetter UI (fewer clicks to complete tasks)Refining security and the backend video conversion process

Version 2.0

Three Levels of Implementation

Usage ExamplesMedia embedded into what were primarily text-based interactionsVideo prompts at beginning, middle, and end of threaded discussionsVideo case studiesInterviews with guest expertsDigital stories as discussion promptsSending password-protected media outside of the LMSEasy submission of student projects for instructor feedback or peer review – no upload download within the LMS

Media embedded into what were primarily text-based interactions

Video prompts at beginning, middle, and end of threaded discussions

Video case studies

Interviews with guest experts

Digital stories as discussion prompts

Sending password-protected media outside of the LMS

Easy submission of student projects for instructor feedback or peer review – no upload download within the LMS

ChallengesDigital Divide – danger of isolating students by adding multimedia components Current tool allows for potential misuse of the serviceSupport

ConclusionsThe evident convergence of new and old media along with the rapid increase in mashup technologies affords us with potentially powerful ways to expand e-learning interactions to include more immediate and flexible uses of text, hypertext, audio, video, and images.

Video Sharing in the Online ClassroomBernard.bull@cuw.edu & Matt.stenson@cuw.eduhttp://code.google.com/p/mediawire/