The document discusses the concept of low-fi educational broadcasting and the opportunities it presents for public engagement in education. It highlights the minimal skills required for effective broadcasting and the benefits of embracing unpredictability in digital outputs. The text also raises concerns about funding, the impact of the financial crisis, and the relationship between digital scholarship and traditional publishing.

1. Academic output asMartin Weller

2. OrMy adventures as a lo-fi educational ‘broadcaster’

3. Public engagement day

4. Public engagement = broadcast

5. What about…

6. Story of a slidecast

7. [http://www.slideshare.net/mweller/future-of-education-3475415]

8. Took 2 hours

9. 2700 viewshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mybloodyself/1806208781/

10. Didn’t need a script meetinghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bookgrl/482244151/

11. Didn’t think about audience

12. Could do it for free

13. http://edfutures.com/contributions

14. Required:minimal tech skillFamiliarity and confidenceNetworkStore of imageshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sammy0716/3005591006/

15. None of these are specialist skillshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/leader_maximo/2974206217/

16. Big and Little OERhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marinacast/2235316998/

17. http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jt5bqMqY0&feature=related

18. Different reactionsDifferent types of reaction/use

19. What does this mean?http://www.flickr.com/photos/78042080@N00/2303709058/

20. Not end of broadcasting

22. Higher education is a long tail content engine:http://www.flickr.com/photos/35211570@N00/82616861/

23. CodeLectures/Teaching contentResearch papersDebateIdeasConferencesData

24. Frictionless broadcasting meansDon’t need to worry about usageDon’t need to justify costsDon’t need specific projects

25. An alternative means to achieve many of the goals we currently struggle to realisePublic engagementOutreachOpennessReuseEfficiency(?)

26. Public engagementBroadcastBookPublic lectureHigh costLarge audienceV selectiveHigh compromiseLowish costSmall audienceReasonably openLow compromise

27. Digital outputsLow cost (free?)Small but unpredictable audienceOpenNo compromiseHigh reuse potentialDifferent distribution

28. Embrace unpredictability[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--viB3zTznA]

29. Yeah, but who pays?http://www.flickr.com/photos/22287673@N05/3057330737/

30. We already do this stuff, but hide ithttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tomharpel/290401/

31. What about time?http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/3716094925/

32. Clay Shirky: Cognitive surplushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoNHIl-QLQ

33. Project-lessOrganisations understand projects, they have responsibility, budget, objectives.

34. Projects isolate practicePic: Patrick McAndrew

35. Bottom up/frictionless approach doesn’t fit this model

36. How to promote the collateral damage approachhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/david_a_lea/3257134149/

37. Digital scholarship at the OU

38. Promote digital scholarshipWork on recognitionResearch current practice

39. Disco.open.ac.uk

40. Podstars

41. http://podstars.wetpaint.com/page/Your+stuff

42. Potential barriersWill the financial crisis stop such nebulous approaches?Will academics start doing it in sufficient quantities? Will free services last?

43. I want to explore…What are the contexts in which this is (in)appropriate?What is relationship with BIG broadcasting/publishing?What are financial implications?Lines of responsibility

44. What can we do that we couldn’t do before?

45. Don’t ask me about rights…

46. Edtechie.netSlideshare.net/mwellerhttp://www.youtube.com/user/edtechie#g/c/1A96B142EEB2AD8C