Cisco – Funny Video on Career Makeover
A funny Queer Guy kind of video used at Cisco to promote career changes.
Duration : 0:4:25
Polk County Public Schools: A K-12 e-Learning Success Story
Polk County Public Schools, located in Florida, is the winner of the “2008 Blackboard K-12 Video Contest.”
In Polk County’s video, district administrators, staff members, teachers, and students explain why they use Blackboard technology for professional development and to increase the sense of engagement both students and teachers feel in the learning process.
For more information about Polk County Public Schools, please visit http://www.polk-fl.net
For more information about the uses of Blackboard technology in K-12 schools, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/k12
Duration : 0:3:33
The Free Virtual Classroom on WiZiQ
WiZiQ’s Free Virtual Classroom at http://www.wiziq.com/Virtual_Classroom.aspx offers state-of-the-art free Web conferencing and Web2.0 education features for meeting, teaching and learning online. The Virtual Classroom facilitates real-time online collaboration and interaction using whiteboard, video and audio chat, and document sharing including PDF, and Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Feedback is that the free Virtual Classroom on WiZiQ works better than expensive commercial options like Adobe Connect, Webex, Elluminate, Marratech etc. and WiZiQ is very focused on further developing the web-based tool with exceptionally easy-to-use & intuitive controls, and perfect usability options for education users.
Duration : 0:2:38
ICT in the Classroom [ERtP #1]
Why have teachers been reluctant to integrate ICT in the classroom? Welcome to the first episode of “E-learning Research – the podcast”. In this episode, “ICT in the classroom: Integration & teacher training”, hear from experts and researchers in the field of ICT & education as they tackle some of the big questions: What are the mistakes and challenges? What are the secrets to success? And, what will the role of the teacher be in the future ICT-enriched classroom? More information at: http://coco.edfac.usyd.edu.au
Duration : 0:5:3
E-teaching
Can you teach music over the Internet? How? Can you teach with Youtube? Nirvana? Piczo? Audacity? Billboard? Newsfeeds? Can you teach in a way that is engaging for the learner?
What does it mean to be a learner-centered teacher of music in a technology-mediated context? I created this video to answer this question. The video is a knowledge mobilization outcome that is part of of a collaborative inquiry in which Andrew Mercer(the teacher profiled in the video) and Andrea Rose, School of Music, Memorial University are participating.
The project is funded through a grant for a Community University Research Alliance (CURA) on e-learning from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. Visit http://www.killickcentre.ca for the project information. To discuss learner-centeredness of teaching with technology, visit http://www.learnercenteredeteaching.blogspot.com/
On a technical note, the original file was well in excess of the allowable 100 megs. I uploaded the converted wmv file of 17 megs to youtube which converts it to a swf-flash file. Unfortunately swf does not render the transitions very well.
You can view youtube videos of the e-teacher profiled in the video if you search under buckydurddle.
We have been relying on youtube to conduct reflective sessions and conversations about learner-centeredness in teaching. Why youtube? because it is a symbol of user-centeredness and of the democratisation of knowledge. Youtube is a part of the WEB 2.0 which provides so many tools for social knowledge construction and sharing (Blogs, Wikis, podcasting etc). Social knowledge construction and sharing is, I believe, at the heart of learner-centeredness.
If you’re interested in more, please contact me: emurphy@mun.ca
Duration : 0:9:4