Video Lecture Capture - Open Source Project

Embed Video: HTML5 or Flash?

Using the iframe tag, below, this video will either play through a flash player if viewed on a common browser, or switch itself to HTML5 if that is the preference of the browser. A welcome finding for anybody trying to optimise embedded video for both desktop and mobile devices.

You Tube Channel streams subject introductions

I am currently part of a project that aims to produce around 10X 5min videos that introduce clustered units in a Youth Work course.



As you can see we have used chroma key, animation and music to create an engaging introduction to "Responding to Critical Incidence", but what really makes the video worth while is the clear content and stories that place the learner in a context. This reinforces my SCAR theory.

Our video's will be embedded into a content wiki, to provide a framework of support articles, podcasts and other media. We also host the video's on a YouTube "ymismovies" channel, which makes for easy sharing through other social networking sites.

Action! Green Screen in YMIS room

YouTube EDU . video training on demand

My colleagues and I where just contemplating the use of YouTube to post-host our training video materials outside our own media portal as a way to market our training courses, when my brother in Melbourne let me know that YouTube EDU is an education specific sub-section of YouTube with channels of mainly US college lectures, promos and students antics.

This idea isn't new, see apples iTunes U for example, but most people are familiar with using , and most ARE using the popular YouTube video portal. This means the EDU initiative will have legs.... if you want to read more about YouTube EDU this story is worth a read.

To become a YouTube Edu partner you need to register at this site, and if you don't fit the criteria of a partner you will get this message as I did.

Thank you for your interest. Based on an automated review of your account it is unlikely that you will qualify for the YouTube Partner Program. Applications are reviewed for a variety of criteria, including but not limited to the size of your audience, country of residence, quality of content, and consistency with our Community Guidelines and Terms of Use.

Read the guidelines for partnership first, but unless you have original content that is view by thousands of viewers, don't bother. Australia is now included in the approved countries, and if you do really well you can monetize your channel. Maybe build your audience first then apply.

I think that if your a partner or not, people will still stumble across your channels in the common section through the global search tool. That said, YouTube EDU is a shot in the arm for flexible delivery and points towards a future of portable learning becoming the norm.

iSpring Convert PP to Flash

i Spring is yet another, open source wonder-tool that I've found, and one that is a welcomed inclusion to the feast of learning tools at neovet. For a couple of years i've been looking for a simple PowerPoint to Flash tool and this one is as easy as click and convert.

You will then have a html page, a flash script (player) and a media folder to embed into your LMS. iSpring will convert all the slides with animations, audio and video to a flash file.

Chroma Key Narrator

Want cool backgrounds for your online learning videos?

Check out these video tutorials on Green Blue Screen
Chroma Key can help draw the narrator to the attention of the learner.

I have an idea that video narrator could appear in the body of the text with the same background color as the text background, effectively making them blend in with the content, hiding the player. Note: the user could still control the video device playing the narrator with hover controls.

If this guy could only talk to you now, you'd get what i mean.

Power Tube

You might like to embed video into your powerpoint presentations from the web. This article from the Wired Wiki, gives tips on on or off line embedding for you tube to PowerPoint.

Plain English

I like this video on Social Networking because it puts the concepts in a relational framework and is fun for the learner to watch.

Well done CommonCraft Show your videos make in simple even for those of us who think we know what we are doing.

Other Videos include simple explanations of:

• Podcasting
• Tagging / Tag Sharing
• Blogging
• RSS Feeds
  
• + more go see now
  

Video Star

Want cool backgrounds for your online learning videos? Check out these video tutorials on Green Blue Screen

He makes it sound so easy we are going to try it this month.


You can see how this makes viewing a 'talking head' more interesting, also think of the possibilities for adding learning content, slides, in the background.

ePresence

Have i just found a quality free video coference tool?

i learn

Here is my quick but expanding list of possible applications for ipod learning:

• Podcasts
• Video
• Photos
• i-notes
• Calender
• Task
• Contacts
• i-books

Here is a list of learning tools that could be developed for ipod

• Vlogs [peer2peer learning]
• i-books for integration of podcasts & lecture notes
• Video introductions to units
• Video content, with slides
• Podcast content
• i-notes pdf lecture notes

> Student Orientation

• Podcast, Vcast orientation
• Photos of staff and facilities
• Contacts of admin and trainers
• Calander of important dates

Fast Monkey

How fast can your students download your flash video?

I've realised this week that our content videos uploaded at ymis.radio may nice to watch at work with our fast broadband, but for a slower broadband or dial-up user they are very slow.

So how can i make videos that load faster; some ideas.

• Keep videos to under 5mins, and break them into Part 1 - Part 2 etc. if they go longer.

• Use minimal text overlays

Other than that, i will need to look into it further me thinks.