Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective
November 15, 2012
by Stephen Downes Keynote presentation delivered to Simposio Internacional Estado Actual Y Prospectiva De La Educacion Virtual, Bogota, Colombia.
Overview of the historical factors leading to the development of massive open online courses, and discussion of what this history can tell us of the sustainability of MOOCs in the future.
Puts you right in front of your content, like you're really there!
Robin Good: Personify Live is a new type of Windows app which allows you to integrate in your live webcast, online event or webconference your real-time video image overlayed on the slide content you are showcasing.
To achieve this result, Personify Live extends the capabilities of your favorite web conferencing solution (GoToMeeting, GoTowebinar, WebEx, Adobe Connect, Skype, Lync, etc.) "by extracting you from your surroundings and placing you within the presentation".
"The technology creates a virtual green screen feel for the presenter, for a communication experience that attempts to come as close to being physically present in front of the audience as possible.
[Personify Live] extracts live video of the presenter to then superimpose it onto the desktop to create a layer on top of a presentation.
There’s also a complementary iPhone or Android app that acts as a remote control, letting presenters mute the video feed of themselves with a click of a button, and interact with the content to emphasize and engage their audience.
APPS Hacía meses que no dejaba constancia de mi existencia de este blog que crece a pasos agigantados no solo de colaboradores, sino de visitas, herramientas, tanto que incluso hasta a los propios que estamos aquí –o al menos a mi- no me da tiempo a asimilar.
Por ello y como demostrado queda en el presente blog que las nuevas tecnologías abren nuevas oportunidades y crean nuevas herramientas novedosas que pueden ser utilizadas para reforzar el aprendizaje, he decidido dedicar la entrada de hoy a las llamadas Apps o aplicaciones que no son más que programas que se instala en un dispositivo móvil -ya sea teléfono o tableta- y que se puede integrar a las características del gadget, como su cámara o sistema de posicionamiento global (GPS).
In "Free Technology for Teachers" written by Richard Byrne
A few weeks ago I was a guest on Rod Berger's Core of Education podcast. It went so well that Rod proposed the idea of a bi-weekly(ish) vodcast or video series in which we spend ten minutes or so talking about apps and trends in educational technology. We recorded the first episode today. In the episode (embedded below) we hit on TedEd and its role in education, MOOCs, QR codes, augmented reality, and flipped classrooms.
Ezvid is the best free video maker, screen recorder and slideshow maker for Windows, featuring video editing, screencasting and screen capture. You can instantly record your screen, desktop, browser, make gaming videos, and record virtually anything on your computer. No registration, no subscription, and no signup is required.
Learning become more effective when learners are mutual active with the learning materials. It has been extremely popular the use of educational video...
Instantly capture video interviews - Intervue is a quick and easy tool for anyone looking to gather short video responses online from anyone with a webcam. Great tool for carrying out research.
Animation Desk is an iPad app (free and premium versions available) for creating short, animated videos. The app allows you to create drawings using just your finger on your iPad's screen. In the free version of the app (the version that I tried) you can create up to 50 scenes in each of your projects. In each scene you can include as little or as much as you want to draw on the canvas. There are a few different brush and pencil effects that you can use in your drawings. The opacity of the colors you choose can be altered too. When you have completed drawing all of your scenes hit the play button to watch your animation unfold. If you're happy with your animation you can export it to YouTube. If you don't like an aspect of your animation, you can go back and edit one scene or all of the scenes.
Hace unas semanas explicaba con un par de screencasts cómo realizar una copia de seguridad y cómo reiniciar un curso Moodle, tareas indispensables antes de empezar la actividad en nuestras aulas virtuales durante este curso. Ahora «solo» nos queda empezar a publicar recursos y actividades para los alumnos, no sin antes hacer unos pequeños ajustes en nuestros espacios virtuales.
En estos 6 nuevos screencasts explico paso a paso cómo ajustar las preferencias del curso, cómo publicar archivos y enlaces, el proceso de «incrustación» de contenidos multimedia (vídeos y documentos) y cómo crear tareas para los alumnos, para que puedan hacernos llegar sus trabajos en formato digital.
Zoho Show is an online presentation tool that helps you to create visually appealing presentations, collaborate online with your peers and deliver them anywhere...
"...I have made this video, showing how to make PowerPoint slides that you can turn into a video with Windows Movie Maker. There are many ways to make videos and this is just one of them..."
Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free!
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.
When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!
You have free trial and then... if you like it,prize is around 81 €
~Record from desktop, a video camera, microphone and computer's audio all at the same time ~Full screen HD capture, optimized for the best, most efficient screen capture ~Intuitive editing interface allows you to add professional touches ~Keynote and PowerPoint support ~Full range of elegant 2D & 3D transitions ~Publish directly to YouTube, Vimeo or Flash movie ~Optimized to take advantage of productivity enhancements in Mac OS X Lion
ScreenFlow
Record your screen. Edit your video. Share with the world.
ScreenFlow is powerful, easy-to-use screen recording and editing software for the Mac.
We had a great reaction to our Top 7 YouTube Channels for Learning Math, and so we have listened to you guys and put together our favorite YouTube Science Experiment Channels. These channels are great to look through to get ideas for the classroom, and liven up a chemistry, biology or general science class.
Wibbitz is a text-to-video platform that can automatically turn any text-based article, post or feed into a short video. Using Wibbitz almost any article, post or feed on the web can be instantly turned into a short video clip. The platform analyze and understand text... look for the best images on the web... and insert the text as an "audio" on the wibbitz final production.
Thanks for all of your comments and responses to my question. Perhaps the relative success of using Wibbitz depends upon the platform (if that's the right term!) upon which the web page rests. Interesting idea though.
Linda Mercer's comment November 28, 2012 9:02 AM
Thanks for all of your comments and responses to my question. Perhaps the relative success of using Wibbitz depends upon the platform (if that's the right term!) upon which the web page rests. Interesting idea though.
Dennis T OConnor's comment November 29, 2012 4:07 PM
I've had nothing but success using this tool. I've used the RSS feeds from my scoop.it magazines to create a Wibbitz news feed that I've placed on several of my blogs. Platform: Chrome +PC
Here are four very powerful videos from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub that are guaranteed to make you think hard about learning, teaching, and schooling. You can watch them all in less than half an hour.
When you're trying to teach people how to do something new on their computers having screencast videos or annotated screen capture images can be invaluable to you and the people you're trying to help. Here are some free tools that you can use to create screen capture videos and images.
El plazo para la presentación de los trabajos es el 3 de diciembre· Los premios consisten en cursos de formación audiovisual en escuelas de alto nivel y premios en metálico
· BiomediCine es uno de los proyectos ganadores de la Convocatoria de Ayudas 2012 de la FECYT para el Programa de Cultura Científica y de la Innovación
Biopol’H, la Universidad de Barcelona y el Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge organizan el Primer Concurso de Video Biomédico, el BiomediCine 2012. El concurso pretende impulsar la producción de cine y video para la investigación, la enseñanza y la divulgación de las ciencias de la salud, así como contribuir a mejorar la calidad de las producciones y de fomentar la cooperación institucional.
Create an interactive online lesson with this brilliant site. Upload and curate all the resources for a lesson in one place and access them with one click. The site works with Office files, PDFs, flash files, small videos file, images, Youtube videos, internet links and even connects to Google Drive and Dropbox. Then simply share the link with anyone who need to use view it.
Robin Good: If you are looking for a free video conferencing solution, here is my selection of the top 15 (and more) solutions available right now online.
I have personally checked each one of them, and while you may not like each one, they all guarantee the ability to video conference with more than two people (FlashMeeting is the only exception I have included) without you needing to pay anything for it.
Some, as good as Vidyo or Zoom.us may provide HD quality video and even full support for mobile platforms. Others, like MeBeam or Sinfor offer bare-bone ad-supported solutions that have zero frills but can do the job if you need an immediate, zero-cost solution.
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