I am certain that most professors are always looking for as many avenues to get information out as possible. The Classes V’2 site, powered by Yale University, is one place where professors can upload material to supplement books and lectures. In many cases, however, there are helpful resources outside the…
We have been doing a faculty project down at FSC, one which began as a relatively run-of-the-mill request, but soon turned into a mystery that took some time and effort to solve. The project involved capturing two sets of clips, and burning them on DVDs. The first set was from…
The library is hosting a “how-to” session on video clips, and asked me for some advice on compression settings. Compression is surely the most finicky part of the video process – and the often obtuse terminology and frighteningly long lists of codecs usually scare most users into choosing a simple…
The Map is the Territory: Course “Engagement Streams” as Catalysts for Deep Learning W. Gardner Campbell, Baylor Univ. Robert German, Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania Portals have become like telephone books, providing information but no engagement which is boring. They provide information aggregation, pushing information to the end user (student) rather…
A Mixed-Method Institutional Study – http://go.carleton.edu/CUVM Paula Lackie and Andrea Nixon, Carleton College Based on the research study that asked the question “Are Carleton Colleges sources of support well suited to the work demanded of the students and faculty as they make curricular use of visual materials?” The study was…