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Tuesday, 13 July 2004: 4:15 PM-5:00 PM | |||
Northern A-1 (Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel) | |||
E-7: Effective and Innovative Uses of Streaming Media Learning Objects | |||
| Detailed Description: | This presentation will present several innovative methods of employing streaming video to effectively deliver online course content. These methods range from alternative ways to present the “lecture” content (e.g., interviews, panel discussions, homemade documentaries, student testimonials, etc.), to new ways to package video inside a WebCT course. The primary focus will be on the pedagogical aspects of using streaming video, but some technical issues will also be addressed. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and flexible design models | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | In the first online courses, instructor-originated content was primarily text based, and to a great extent, this is still the case. Yet from the beginning, adventurous souls have sought more creative and dynamic ways to deliver content. As a result, the use of streaming media, as well as Flash and Shockwave animations, has become somewhat commonplace over the last few years, but while advances in technology have made these tools more accessible to both content creators and end users, considerable time, capability, and cost barriers to making the creation of many of these kinds of learning objects still exist. Streaming video is perhaps the easiest and most commonly used of these technologies, but often it is used merely as a crutch, a way to avoid having to rethink the classroom for the online environment. Many people who employ streaming media simply film the same lectures they give in the classroom and then consider that their online course. Indeed, the current model employed in most of the online courses at our institution is to provide hours and hours of streaming video lectures and then give a test. Surprisingly, that method does sometimes work, but only with a masterful teacher. However, there are many more things that can be done to improve the quality and effectiveness of instruction in online courses that take advantage of the same technologies used for the talking-head lecture. This presentation will present several innovative methods of employing streaming video to effectively deliver online course content. These methods range from alternative ways to present the “lecture” content (e.g., interviews, panel discussions, homemade documentaries, student testimonials, etc.), to new ways to package video inside a WebCT course. The primary focus will be on the pedagogical aspects of using streaming video, but some technical issues will also be addressed. | ||
| Session Leader: | Robert M. Gray University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health | ||
| Co-Presenter: | Andre T. Green University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health | ||
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