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Supporting student learning through the use of lecture capture technology

Presentation by

Daniel Buzzodaniel.buzzo@uwe.ac.uk

overview

• The use of lecture recording technologies and the delivery of electronic media to a cohort.

• The unexpected benefits, especially retention and cohesion of a cohort.

• Good practice use of video material from lectures.

• Future use of social media to capture the student learning experience.

The past

Problem

Having a carefully planned interlinked lecture

program delivering a continuity of educational

‘moments’

Delivering this to an inconsistent student cohort

Problem

Having a carefully planned interlinked lecture

program delivering a continuity of educational

‘moments’

doh !

My careful plan crumbles.

ie.This is Real Life

Some students will be ill, have personal problems,

will have other appointments, will miss

lectures, will forget

Video allows catch up, revision and inclusionto on-campus students.

Video improves quality of materials delivered to external

federated courses

Video improves perceived value of materials of federated courses

Video Improves student engagement and satisfaction

Video workflow

Video

Edit

Upload

Deploy

HD video camera, shotgun mic and tripodHD video camera, shotgun mic and tripod

Blockbooked in advance from resources roomBlockbooked in advance from resources room

Lightweight, easy to operate, uses DV tapesLightweight, easy to operate, uses DV tapes

Connects to computer via digital cableConnects to computer via digital cable

Video is captured and then edited on computerVideo is captured and then edited on computer

Lecture is ‘topped and tailed’ and a title addedLecture is ‘topped and tailed’ and a title added

Vimeo.com is a video sharing site like youtubeVimeo.com is a video sharing site like youtube

Simple accounts are free, Pro accounts paid…Simple accounts are free, Pro accounts paid…

Vimeo Home page and profileVimeo Home page and profile

Gives an overview of all activityGives an overview of all activity

Upload a video to vimeoUpload a video to vimeo

Vimeo then re-compresses automaticallyVimeo then re-compresses automatically

Set a name and descriptionSet a name and description

Add tags to help searchingAdd tags to help searching

Organise videos in channelsOrganise videos in channels

One channel for each module?One channel for each module?

Use the built in ‘embed’ functionUse the built in ‘embed’ function

To create simple copy and paste code…To create simple copy and paste code…

To embed the videos in BlackboardTo embed the videos in Blackboard

Video played from Vimeo inside a custom playerVideo played from Vimeo inside a custom player

Vimeo has full stats tracking Vimeo has full stats tracking

To see who watched what when…To see who watched what when…

See easy to understand details See easy to understand details

On all aspects of the videosOn all aspects of the videos

Presented in lots of different waysPresented in lots of different ways

Allowing easy visualisation of the metricsAllowing easy visualisation of the metrics

Even down to geographic locationEven down to geographic location

During some months hundreds of hours of lecture material was watched. The total is

now in several thousands of views.

Thousands of hours of value,

from a single lecture.

Student experience

“I missed lots of lectures and had doubts about

the course but catching up via the videos made

me feel part of the group again”

“they made revision so much easier, it brought straight back to mind

what we had covered”

feedback has been overwhelmingly positive

Student experience

“Reviewing what we covered in the session

when I’m at home allows me to take it in at my own pace, in my own

time”

“I’m not taking your module but the seeing the videos

was really useful”

The present

Supporting Student Learning Through the Use of Speech Recognition Technologies

• Philip Phelps

• Marcus Lynch (Project Leader 2009-2011)

• Dan Buzzo (Project Leader 2011- present)

Supporting Student Learning Through the Use of Speech Recognition Technologies

• Lecture transcription system development (2008-2011)

• Student response during trials(Collaborative transcription, annotation,

URLs)

• Video lecture capture and subtitling (2012)

Supporting Student Learning Through the Use of Speech Recognition Technologies

Installed in lecture theatres across campus

It makes lecture capture simple.

A custom player embeds in blackboard…A custom player embeds in blackboard…

allows students to skip from slide to slide..allows students to skip from slide to slide..

shows video, slides or both.shows video, slides or both.

MediaSite

• Currently working in several lecture theatres.

• Refinements to publishing infrastructure in progress.

• Possible to use NOW but some technical knowledge needed.

Lecture Capture and deployment solution

The future

360° learning captureSharing the educational experience

360° learning capture

Combine ideas shown so far

Build a unified collaboratory for learning capture– Syllabus material (slide sets,

lecture recordings)

– Searchable transcripts & subtitles

– Database of related URLs,

– Student annotations & discussion

– Capture of socialmedia discussions

– Wiki for frequently asked questions

Sharing the experience not just the materials.

The Social Media Classroom

…support a movement away from education as delivery of knowledge, toward education as critical collaborative inquiry

…engage students in actively constructing knowledge together, rather than passively absorbing it from texts, lectures, and discussions

http://socialmediaclassroom.com

Inspired by “Social Media Classroom” project

(Harold Rheingold – 2008)

Starting August 2012

Practice led pedagogic research

• Delivering Collaborative Social Media Classroom to three level one modules in Creative Technologies

• Engaging students in research process

• Enabling students to feedback and shape environment

• Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis

Starting August 2012

We are intending to answer the question:

"Can social communications technologies be used to improve student engagement and enable 360

degree capture of the learning materials, knowledge and debate that occurs throughout the

pedagogic delivery process?"

Thankyou

contact

daniel.buzzo@uwe.ac.uk

philip3.phelps@uwe.ac.uk