technology to support learning at leicester_edirisingha_20feb2013
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The slides I have used for a presentation / demonstration at Dr Tracy Simmon's Media and Communication lecture on the 20th of Feb, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Technologies to support learning at Leicester
Dr Palitha EdirisinghaBeyond Distance Research Alliance
University of Leicester, UK20 Feb 2013
Department of Media and CommunicationMS3010
Our plan…
• Who we are and what we do: our research and teaching
• Tablets and Apps..• ‘Past’ Forward: digitising the past for
future learners• Second Life• All about the Voice: podcasting• Getting connected: Adobe Connect for
remote participation and collaboration
Who we are … what we do…
Tablets and Apps..
Delivering a course to learners in conflict zones through an iPad App
Department of Criminology, University of LeicesterWebsite:http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2012/march/criminology-pilots-use-of-ipads-and-apps-to-aid-learning-in-conflict-zones
YouTube video (3 ½ minutes):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILB5gX4w7vI
Article in the Guardian newspaperhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/18/distance-learning-through-technology
‘Past’ Forward: digitising historical material for future
learners
An electronic collection of photographs, trade directories, film, oral history and books on the history of Leicester and Leicestershire.
My Leicestershire Digital Archive (MLDA)
Materials have been provided, digitised and catalogued by a partnership between
BBC Radio LeicesterEast Midlands Oral History Archive
Leicestershire Industrial History SocietyMedia Archive for Central England
Rothley Heritage Trust, Individual local historians, and
the University of Leicester.
http://myleicestershire.org.uk
Example search “Wright's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1880”
Second Life
YouTube videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMMfHZUNpZY
Project website at:http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/swift
SWIFT Project
All about the (recorded) Voice: podcasting
A podcast is • a digital media file• that plays sound (or sound and visuals)• made available from a website (via the
internet, VLE)• can be opened and / or downloaded and played
on a computer, and / or• downloaded from a website (e.g., VLE) to be
played on a portable digital player(Salmon et al., 2008, p. 20)
Examples of podcasting at Leicester
Professor John Fothergill, Engineeringhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2_1WkXhbTk
Dr Ray Randall, Occupational Psychologyhttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance/projects/duckling
Student-created podcastshttp://www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/startinguni/
More resources herewww.impala.ac.uk
And herewww.podcastingforlearning.com
New possibilities through technology
Learning on location
Guidance and support
Improve distancelearner experience
Listening to sound, voice and learning
Learning activities
Podcasting to support student learning
Designing podcasts
http://www.atimod.com/podcasting/PDModel.html
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Middle
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Beginning
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2 minutes2 minutes 6 minutes6 minutes 2 minutes2 minutes
Length of a podcast
Recording and editing software
Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Lame encoderhttp://lame.sourceforge.net/
Appendix: How to create podcasts – practitioner’s guide (pp. 188 - 204)
Getting connected: Adobe Connect for
remote participation and collaboration
Supervision, tutorials and training workshops with Masters and PhD students
Adobe Connect collaboration environmentExamples:
BDRA PhD research training workshop - 18 Feb 2013
Student presentationshttps://connect.le.ac.uk/p3f01oklchl/
APG process (Dr Tracey Simmons) [21 minutes, 43 minutes]https://connect.le.ac.uk/p3z7f4cx746/
Writing early, writing regularly (Prof David Hawkridge) and Framing your study (Dr Chris Comber)https://connect.le.ac.uk/p87zdsculun/ [I hr 41 mins]
Thank you