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Streaming Video Resources For Teaching, Learning, And Research, Julie A. Decesare Mar 2014

Streaming Video Resources For Teaching, Learning, And Research, Julie A. Decesare

Julie A DeCesare

In less than 10 years the availability of digitally converted or born digital video, has grown exponentially. Libraries and librarians are constantly navigating, and helping their patrons navigate, this shift from analog to digital. For access to video, our libraries are challenged by an individual consumer marketplace, where institutional access is often limited and expensive. Due to limitations of streaming content, licensing and copyright issues for use in learning management systems and public performance screenings, and time and budgetary issues surrounding the conversion of analog to digital formats, public and educational institutions are still very reliant on physical formats. Patron …


A Comparison Of Temporal Speech And Text Cueing In Educational Multimedia, Christopher Newhouse, Jeremy Pagram, Alistair Campbell, Bruce Mann, H Schultz May 2013

A Comparison Of Temporal Speech And Text Cueing In Educational Multimedia, Christopher Newhouse, Jeremy Pagram, Alistair Campbell, Bruce Mann, H Schultz

Alistair Campbell PhD

This research focused on the prediction that children in their school setting would learn more from educational multimedia when critical information was presented as spoken instead of textual cues. Analyses of a study (n = 42) showed that 12-year-olds did not learn any more from temporal speech cueing than from temporal text cueing. The findings suggest that multimedia learning for children is a different kind of learning experience than for adults or older adolescents. The results indicate underdeveloped executive control of the referential connections in the children's working memory between reading screen text while listening to spoken cues, and between …


Navigating Multimedia – Streaming Video Beyond Youtube: Pop Culture Edition, Julie A. Decesare Mar 2013

Navigating Multimedia – Streaming Video Beyond Youtube: Pop Culture Edition, Julie A. Decesare

Julie A DeCesare

The Internet has quickly become a resource for multimedia and video content, especially in popular culture research. Search engines have tools to help mine for visual content, but finding videos content creates different challenges in comparison to text. This presentation will provide tips on searching for multimedia content, as well as, a showcase of some innovative video collections, initiatives, and resources important to popular culture research.


Supporting The 21st Century Learner: Building A Mutlimedia Production Center, Sarah Hutton Nov 2012

Supporting The 21st Century Learner: Building A Mutlimedia Production Center, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


[Manuscript | Japanese] Supporting The 21st Century Learners: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton Oct 2012

[Manuscript | Japanese] Supporting The 21st Century Learners: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


[Manuscript | English] Supporting The 21 St Century Learner: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton Oct 2012

[Manuscript | English] Supporting The 21 St Century Learner: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, instructors are increasingly utilizing active,group, and participatory teaching methods and are offering students opportunities to opt into more creative assignments requiring the use of advanced technologies in support of multimedia projects. Traditionally, video projects would be expected from discourses such as Film Studies, Journalism and Communications students; the insurgence of this type of multimedia project has come to subjects from Anthropology to History, and the incoming required Freshman Writing course now has a built-in unit which specifically invites writing and research in a variety of technological media outside of the traditional research paper. The …


Proactively Supporting Active Learning For The 21st Century Learner: Collaborative And Team Based Student Spaces In The Learning Commons, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis May 2012

Proactively Supporting Active Learning For The 21st Century Learner: Collaborative And Team Based Student Spaces In The Learning Commons, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


Creating Polyphony With Exploratory Web Documentation In Singapore, Sirene Lim, Chee Lum Dec 2011

Creating Polyphony With Exploratory Web Documentation In Singapore, Sirene Lim, Chee Lum

Sirene Lim

We introduce and reflect on "Images of Teaching", an ongoing web documentation research project on preschool teaching in Singapore. This paper discusses the project's purpose, methodological process, and our learning points as researchers who aim to contribute towards inquiry-based professional learning. The website offers a window into some Singaporean ways of working with young children in preschool settings; it contains video examples of authentic classroom teaching, contextualised with teacher reflections, artefacts, and interview transcripts. Based on two years of reflection and research meetings, we discuss four key learning points: a) utilising the affordances of web technology to create heteroglossia; b) …


Book Review -- Writing Assessment And The Revolution In Digital Texts And Technologies, Jeanne Bohannon Dec 2011

Book Review -- Writing Assessment And The Revolution In Digital Texts And Technologies, Jeanne Bohannon

Jeanne Law Bohannon

No abstract provided.


Team-Based Ingenuity Supporting 21st Century Learners, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis, Carol Will Dec 2011

Team-Based Ingenuity Supporting 21st Century Learners, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis, Carol Will

Sarah C Hutton

Supporting the active learning process of the 21st century student is one of the main goals of the Learning Commons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Building and maintaining effective student learning spaces and academic services requires proactive assessment of University climate, pedagogical direction, and curriculum development. Increasingly instructors are using active, group, and participatory teaching methods and are offering students opportunities to opt in to more creative assignments requiring the use of advanced technologies in support of multimedia projects. The UMass Libraries aim to anticipate the needs of instructors and students by tailoring student spaces to support teaching and …


Ict In Education, Gerald White Jul 2011

Ict In Education, Gerald White

Dr Gerald K. White

Information and communications technology (ICT) in education has been taken up by educators and educational researchers since the 1980s with varied success, although it is the relatively new uses of the Internet and World Wide Web that are stimulating new demands and expectations in education, even if research to guide best practice remains scant. In order to identify the trends occurring in ICT in education and research, the author starts with a brief history that has a number of implications that might help us to think about the pathways that ICT may take in an education context. From this brief …


The Use Of Technology In Movement And Dance Education: Recent Practices And Future Perspectives, Aspasia Dania, Dimitrios Hatziharistos, Maria Koutsouba, Vasiliki Tyrovola Jan 2011

The Use Of Technology In Movement And Dance Education: Recent Practices And Future Perspectives, Aspasia Dania, Dimitrios Hatziharistos, Maria Koutsouba, Vasiliki Tyrovola

Aspasia Dania

The study of the effectiveness of the use of technology in the teaching of motor skills has recently attracted the researchers’ interest to a great extent. The aim of this study is the analytical and critical presentation of the researches focusing on the application of technology on movement education with emphasis on physical and dance education. The predominant research finding is that although contemporary technological media are substantially advanced and innovative, they have not been incorporated in the classroom everyday learning practice yet. A prerequisite for the achievement of this goal is the researchers’ interest to be focused: a) on …


Designing Multimedia For The Internet Visual Literacy Of Adult Online Learners, Beth Rubin, Dee Schmidgall, Lisa Ramos-Torrescano Dec 2009

Designing Multimedia For The Internet Visual Literacy Of Adult Online Learners, Beth Rubin, Dee Schmidgall, Lisa Ramos-Torrescano

Beth Rubin

This paper describes how to use multimedia effectively in online courses aimed at adult audiences who have lower internet visual literacy. This paper will help faculty and others who develop online courses for adults to understand key principles for using multimedia to increase engagement and learning, reduce distraction, and take cognitive load limits and student internet visual literacy into account.


Building E-Learning System Based On Multimedia Nov 2008

Building E-Learning System Based On Multimedia

Benjamin L. Harwood

Abstract Advances in information technology and communications, have brought change in society and create new paradigms for education and training. these massive changes have extraordinary impact in our educational and training systems. In line with growth of information technology and communications which so quickly, hence development and innovation from concept, model or way of virtual learning (LMS and LCMS) continue to be conducted. One of them is by combined multimedia and e-learning. Integration of multimedia components (video and audio streaming) into e-learning system can enrich function and tools and also pattern study of interactive like video and audio conferencing able …


Building E-Learning System Based On Multimedia Nov 2008

Building E-Learning System Based On Multimedia

Homa. P. Harahap

Abstract Advances in information technology and communications, have brought change in society and create new paradigms for education and training. these massive changes have extraordinary impact in our educational and training systems. In line with growth of information technology and communications which so quickly, hence development and innovation from concept, model or way of virtual learning (LMS and LCMS) continue to be conducted. One of them is by combined multimedia and e-learning. Integration of multimedia components (video and audio streaming) into e-learning system can enrich function and tools and also pattern study of interactive like video and audio conferencing able …


Londoner- The History Game, John Ramsbottom Dec 2006

Londoner- The History Game, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Learn what life was like in the 17th century by creating a historical personality and following their progress through authentic situations.


Digital Professional Portfolios For Change, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, M Morriss Dec 1998

Digital Professional Portfolios For Change, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, M Morriss

Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young

Whether you are an administrator or a teacher, this book provides you with the conceptual framework and tools needed to effectively utilise the potential of digital portfolios. As CD-ROM and internet technology become more accessible, teachers are in a unique position to use multimedia to describe their experiences and reflect on their growth and professional development. This book shows how to construct a portfolio in the traditional sense and demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of digital interactivity