ProjectsFlash-based On-Demand Streaming Video Gallery Used to Replace VHS Tapes
The Flash Video Gallery is an application that was put together for Joanne Kabak for use in her Media Studies 101 course. The gallery provides quick access to a collection of one minute television commercials which had been typically shown in class using VHS video tapes. This project eliminated the chore of managing multiple VHS cassettes in class and provided her students with a single, On-Demand interface through which they could review material directly in their Blackboard course. Chris Neidig (OIT) and Joanne Kabak will be presenting this project at the upcoming NERCOMP 2008 Conference (http://www.educause.edu/nc08/).
A Flash-Based Application to Generate Datasets and teach Statistical Concepts
Students today can use sophisticated statistical analysis software to test hypotheses, and therefore do not need to learn techniques for calculating formulas by hand and looking up critical values in a table. Furthermore, time spent on these activities has taken away from students’ need to spend time gaining conceptual understanding of statistics. This program was developed with Professor Kathy LaFontana (Psychology) to allow students to create a virtual population with variables (categorical and /or numeric) they designate. It provides a visual representation of the population and allows students to select a sample (from 5-25 individuals). Students are then provided with their raw data and are asked to answer questions about graphs and descriptive statistics for their ‘virtual’ data. They may also formulate hypotheses about the population and test them using the sample data by exporting the dataset to a statistical analysis program. This project was presented at the NERCOMP 2007 Conference.
Combining Streaming Video with the Blackboard Discussion Board in Online Courses
A popular activity utilized in college and university classroom across thecountry involves the presentation of a video followed by conducting a classroom discussion. Online instructors face the unique challenge of having to not only serve similar video content to students at a distance, but to also recreate a thoughtful classroom discussion for their students in an asynchronous manner. To address this issue, we assisted Professor Alan Trippel (JFWCOB) to implement a strategy which linked together Flash-Based video (delivered through a typical blackboard content folder) with the Blackboard Discussion Board. To ensure students were allowed the opportunity to reflect and focus on key elements of the video presentation, we parsed the video into discrete segments which were accompanied by a series of 2-3 targeted questions which the students addressed in the Discussion Board. After a students completed their contribution, they were then asked to return to the assignment where they would then have access to the next video segment which would be automatically ‘unlocked’ through the ‘ Adaptive Release’ feature in Blackboard.
Flash-based On-Demand Streaming Audio Player
The Flash MP3 Audio Player was developed to replace a collection of scratched CD's used by Professor Hui-Mei Lin in her courses. This application provides students with extra resources to review for midterms and finals. This was also used to organize audio files to make searching and locating audio files easier for students in BlackBoard.
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Digital Library and Learning Resources Multimedia Specialist
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Digital Learning Support Technician
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