This session will demonstrating how Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is used to enhance learning in FE. The BoB resource provides teaching staff and students at subscribing institutions with access to over 2,000,000 TV and radio programmes, in a platform that is optimised for educational use. The BUFVC is part-funded by Jisc and BoB is supported by the AoC as a useful teaching aid.

1. Box of Broadcasts for FE:
Enhance learning withTV and radio content

2. Our vision…
To make moving image and sound
as important in education and
research as the written word

3. Who we are…
• Founded in 1948
• Sector-led
• Charity
• Part-funded by Jisc
• Learning on Screen Awards

4. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?
Why useTV and Radio content?
• Meet student expectations
• Drive student engagement
• Meet the needs of different learners
• Support student outcomes
• Retain students

5. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?
Meet student expectations
»Majority of students now have
smartphones, tablets, internet
access
»Moving image fully embedded
into every day life
»Create educational experience
that matches this
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6. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?
Drive student engagement
»Show students what they need
to see
»View AV material as primary
source material in same way as
written word
»Doesn’t interrupt lesson flow
»Supports every kind of
curriculum delivery
Case study
»Dr. Anna Goatman, University
of Manchester
»Lecture attendance 90-95%
»AV puts learners on a level
playing field
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7. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?
Meet the needs of different
learners
»Different learning styles
»Hearing impairments
»English not first language
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8. Support student outcomes
Student retention
»Jisc report 2011– Meeting students’ needs to improve retention
»Engagement and retention intrinsically linked
»Highlights the role that digital media plays
»Student engagement = student retention

9. Support student outcomes
Flipped learning
»2011 study showed that flipped learners achieved an average on
74% on physics tests compared to 41% for non flipped learners
»Remotely accessible resources give you the ability to move away
from conventional methods of teaching and to introduce flipped
styles

10. BBC content
BBC Archive – access to entire
BBC radio andTV archive dating
back to July 2007
Shakespeare Archive Resource
– over 500 Shakespeare-related
TV and radio programmes
dating back to 1940s
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11. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?

12. Why useTV and radio content in teaching and learning?
BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three
BBC Four
CBBC
CBeebies
ITV
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
CITV
Channel 4
More 4
E4
Spike TV
4 Music
Film 4
Pick TV
Channel 5
Five *
Five USA
Dave
Really
Drama
Yesterday
Viva
Quest
Food Network
Challenge TV
BBC News
BBC Parliament
Sky News
Al Jazeera
CNN
Russia Today
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio Asian Network
BBC World Service
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal
The Hits
Magic
Smooth Radio
Talksport
Premier
BBC One Scotland
BBC One Wales
BBC Two Scotland
BBC Two Wales
BBC Alba
S4C
3 Sat
Arte
BFM TV
France 24
Rai News 24
Tagesschau24
Canale 5
ZDF

13. BoB for FE allows your staff and students to:
»View, record and share over 2,000,000TV & radio programmes to
support curriculum delivery
»Access a unique source of legally available audio-visual material
»Create clips and playlists
»Embed inVLEs
»Access on desktops and handheld devices

14. BoB for FE allows your staff and students to:

15. BoB for FE allows your staff and students to:

16. • Create new playlists from Programme
player, Search results, Programme guide
• Existing programmes to MyBoB - Playlist
only
• Programmes recorded by you – My
Programmes
• Clips created by you – My Clips
• Use MyBoB to edit playlists
BoB for FE allows your staff and students to:

17. »Manage your own media recordings
»Benefit from other users’ recordings and playlists
»Searchable subtitles – analyse the content of any programme,
including news
»Share television and radio programmes or clips with colleagues and
students
»No software installation required
BoB for FE allows your staff and students to:

18. New FE rate for BoB membership
»We are committed to supporting FE so we have reduced the
annual cost for BoB membership
»A total saving of £7,140!

19. New FE rate for BoB membership
Membership includes:
» 50 DVD copies of formerly broadcast television and radio (Off-Air Broadcasts)
» Access toTRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning andTeaching)
» Access to BUFVC’s Information Service – phone, email, site visits
» News on Screen Archive – newsreel database
» Shakespeare database
» Copies of the quarterly magazineViewfinder
» Access to theTVTimes database (TVTiP) and LBC Radio archive
» Substantial discounts on registration costs for BUFVC courses and events
» Discount on use of BUFVC facilities

20. Other BUFVC services:
» DVD copies of formerly broadcast television and radio (Off-Air Broadcasts)
» Access toTRILT (Television and Radio Index for Learning andTeaching) –
25,000,000 records dating back to 1923
» Access to BUFVC’s Information Service – phone, email, site visits
» News on Screen Archive – newsreel database
» Shakespeare database –TV and radio listings back to 1893
» Copies of the quarterly magazineViewfinder
» TVTimes database (TVTiP) and LBC Radio archive
» Substantial discounts on registration costs for BUFVC courses and events
» Discount on use of BUFVC facilities

21. We are offering a free four week trial,
eligible to all FE colleges
Easy to set-up, all we need is your entity ID

22. jisc.ac.uk
Box of Broadcasts for FE:
Markeda Cole
Digital Services Manager
bob@bufvc.ac.uk
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