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How Green is Your Digitisation?
Tuesday 06 December 2011 2:00pm
As digitisers we often talk about the sustainability of our digital resources from an economic and technical point of view: maintaining access to our valuable and treasured digital resources for the longer term.
But what about environmental sustainability? Do we know as the creators, users and preservers of digital resources what impact digitisation has on the environment?
A new article released today by JISC Digital Media looks at these very questions in "Digitisation and the environment".
Photo Credit: JISC
The article examines the literature and research already available on the subject of Green ICT to establish just exactly what the environmental implications are for those involved in digitisation. It looks at Government policy on carbon reductions; the scope for digitisation to reduce emissions by lessening our dependence on carbon intensive products and activities like travel and use of paper; and goes on to assess the green implications of an ever increasing quantity of digital data created for learning, teaching and research.
The article argues that as digitisers we have a responsibility to involve Green issues in our discourse and to adapt our digitisation methods, processes and workflows to maximise the possibility of an environmentally sustainable future for digitisation.
The article was launched at the first ever national webinar on Green issues, hosted by the JISC RSC London on the 5th of December 2011. A download of the conference, where you can hear the paper being introduced, will be available from their website shortly.
Read "Digitisation and the Environment".
Using medical recordings an online guide
Monday 05 December 2011 11:11am
New advice and guidance on making and using clinical healthcare recordings for learning and teaching has been launched today as the output from a great collaboration project funded through JISC's Strategic and Content Allience and is hosted here on the JISC Digital Media website at Making and Using Clinical and Healthcare Recordings for Learning and Teaching.
Clinical images, videos and other recordings are vital to good teaching and learning within the health care professions. Increasingly these are originated outside the institution that wishes to use them. This raises a number of legal, ethical and other issues relating to their re-use and this new online guide has been created to ensure that guidance on good practice is easily accessible in the community.
The materials have been created by a collaboration of cross-sector organisations and individuals, including the General Medical Council (GMC), Wellcome Trust, Institute for Medical Illustrators, University of Bristol and Newcastle University.
The materials aim to help users of clinical healthcare recordings to:
- Understand how to deal with consent issues in using recordings of patients in learning and teaching resources;
- Understand the difference between copyright ownership and licencing and how to use resources shared under licence;
- Demonstrate best practice in ‘digital professionalism’ and manage risks when creating sustainable teaching resources;
- Be better placed to share resources with colleagues.
The guidance is aimed primarily at students, teachers or doctors who wish to use a patient recording for learning and teaching. It will also be of interest and use to other clinical and healthcare workers as well as to university staff where patient recordings are being made available for learning and teaching.
The new advice and guidance materials were launched at a workshop in London at the Wellcome Trust, which will be followed by a free lecture from Sir Donald Irvine on the importance of patient centred medical education.
The advice and guidance materials will be available online from today, visit Making and Using Clinical and Healthcare Recordings for Learning and Teaching.
The Little Guides
Thursday 03 November 2011 4:04pm
We have created a series of 'Little Guides' to address some of the queries and questions we are often asked.
The first in the series is The Little Guide to Finding Digital Media Resources (PDF).
The second in the series is The Little Guide to Copyright (PDF).
The third in the series is The Little Guide to Cloud Computing (PDF).
The fourth in the series is The Little Guide to Podcasting (PDF).
The fifth in the series is The Little Guide to Screencasting (PDF).
We hope you like it and if you would like to suggest a 'Little Guide' subject area, or have a query, please contact us via the comments below, our Helpdesk Service or call 0117 331 4447.
Case study: University of Bristol’s Education Support Unit
Thursday 03 November 2011 2:47pm
Over the past few months the JISC Digital Media team have been producing a number of case studies to show case the ways in which we have helped our users with their digital media requirements.
Our first case study looks at how we assisted the University of Bristol's Education Support Unit (ESU) to create a set of screencast user guides and FAQs which would help orientate users to a new version of Blackboard the University's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), and supplement their existing written guides and Helpdesk service.
EdMediaShare now live
Monday 03 October 2011 2:58pm
Today we are happy to announce the launch of our new project EdMediaShare, a place to share and find educational video.
Photo credit: Zak and Tim during the live web session
Earlier today we ran a 30min web session to introduce EdMediaShare, a new JISC Digital Media web service:
- View videos that are linked to pedagogic use and subject
- Allows the community to share videos
- Chosen by educators for you
- Collects videos from around the web such as YouTube and vimeo
The recording from the session will be made available later this week.
So please head over to EdMediaShare and give it a try - feedback is very much encouraged to either myself or Tim.
If you use video under specific contexts please consider using the 'SHARE' feature so others can also use the videos.
Online Reading Rooms?
Tuesday 21 June 2011 11:29am
The British Library has annouced plans to work with Google to digitise and make available thousands of texts dating back to the 18th century.
The British Library will be making some 250,000 out of copyright works available free of charge via the Library and Google websites. Google will cover the costs of digitisation.
Dame Lynne Brindley, British Library chief executive, regards the project as an expansion of the Library’s role in providing access to knowledge. She says ‘Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections coupled with Google’s know-how will enable us to achieve this aim.'
Does this signal the end of the Bristish Library Reading Room? Well, probably not for the foreseeable future. While a quarter of a million works will be made available let us not forget that the British Library collection totals more than 150 million items.
Turbo T.E.L.
Tuesday 07 June 2011 3:30pm
Upcoming Technology Enhanced Learning event organised by RSC South-West
Next week on Weds the 15th of June the JISC Regional Support Centre for the South-West is putting on a free event in Bristol featuring lightning talks on a whole host of subjects relating to Technology Enhanced Learning (T.E.L.) - Turbo T.E.L.
I'll be giving two turbo talks - 6 minute infobarfs on Screencasting (6 minutes - 6 Quick Wins), and USB microphones, with the chance to discover what they do, how they work, discuss relative merits and get your hands on a couple of different mics. There should be the opportunity over the day to discuss many different aspects of technology in teaching and learning with a range of practitioners, enthusiasts and experts.
All sessions are free, and you can go to whichever take your fancy on the day, though you do need to book a place at the event itself (also free!) - but best be quick about it, last call for bookings just went out. Hopefully will see some of you there...
RIP Teachers TV 2005-2011
Thursday 05 May 2011 4:05pm
Teachers TV is no more. Although broadcasting ceased last August, Teachers TV continued to exist as a web-based resource up until last Friday, but now that has gone as well.
The 3,500 pieces of educational content haven't disappeared for good, however. The Department of Education has decided that anyone in or out of the UK will be able to use them provided they are willing to stream them for free.
But what of the typical teacher who would like to make use of these resources? Salvation is at hand. A group of teachers was able to download the entire set of videos before they disappeared and is making them available within the terms of the Creative Archive licence. They have set up a database on Google Docs which anyone can use to get copies of the videos.
R.I.P. Flip
Friday 15 April 2011 10:58am
Cisco, the owner of Pure Digital Technologies which makes the Flip pocket camcorder, has announced that it is shutting down the Flip business.
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Photo credit: Tombstones / tamra hays / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
There are a number of possible reasons why Cisco may have taken this decision, but one can't help but wonder if it has to do with the projected sales of Flip cameras. Certainly, Flip seems to have squandered whatever lead it had over other pocket camcorder manufacturers. Their cameras have progressed very little in the 4 years or so since its introduction: other cameras such as the Kodak Zi8 provide higher resolution video, longer record times, bigger viewscreens, bigger digital zoom, a macro lens and, most valuable of all, an external microphone socket, all at a lower cost than the Flip.
The Flip has had some improvements -- videos are finally being recorder in MP4 format, for example -- but its makers seem content to coast along on its (deserved) reputation for ease of use and its high visibility: "Flip" has practically become a generic term for pocket camcorder.
But perhaps Cisco is taking a long-term view of the Flip's viability. As the quality of video and still images on mobile phones improves, should we not expect that the market for discrete devices for these applications will shrink? I for one tend only to use my mobile as a camera in instances where I've forgotten my 'real' camera (and I admit that the idea of discrete devices for discrete purposes still appeals to me) but the convenience of having, in a few years' time, a single pocket device that allows the user to make phone calls and video calls, listen to music or watch films, take pictures or video or record sounds, all at as good a quality as a discrete device can provide -- surely this convenience must inevitably result in the virtual disappearance of bottom end camcorders like the Flip and possibly more sophisticated devices as well.
Review - using digital media to improve teaching and learning
Friday 08 April 2011 10:33am
This week Stephen Gray had a short news piece over at JISC reviewing our recent speaking session at the JISC Conference 2011.
In summary, our session suggested that the use of digital media really can enhance teaching, but also poses the risk of only passively engaging the learner. No single individual or even institution in isolation could possibly ‘keep up’. Only by pooling knowledge and sharing stories of what works and what doesn’t can we use successfully integrate digital media into our teaching and learning.
Read the full review Using digital media to improve teaching and learning.
Happy 2nd Birthday JISC Digital Media
Wednesday 09 February 2011 8:00am
JISC Digital Media one of JISC Advance’s services today celebrates its second Birthday post re-brand!
Keen to continue to address the needs of the FE and HE communities regarding the creation and use of digital media within teaching and learning, JISC Digital Media is constantly reviewing and adapting its services.
To reflect this and the recent growth in screencasting the team have created four new online surgeries on this topic – the final of which (Using a screencast to provide feedback) takes place today 9th February 2011.
To find out more, to join the on-line surgery or to review the archive of previous sessions please go to www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery
Karla Youngs, Director commented “I am delighted for JISC Digital Media to continue to support the community with topical advice and guidance to assist with the creation of valuable learning and teaching resources.”
Please contact info@jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk with any questions
Happy Birthday JISC Digital Media!
If you would like JISC Digital Media to attend or present at your event or require any further information please contact Karla Youngs, Director on 0117 331 4380
www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk, email info@jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk or call 0117 331 4447
New guide - using digital media with quiz tools
Tuesday 08 February 2011 9:00am
The new Using digital media in quzzies guide introduces how digital media may be considered with quiz tools.
Many software tools and web services now offer quiz building features and the inclusion of digital media can be one method for adding flexibility to the range of activity possible.
The guide covers planning and design considerations and offers suggestions for possible uses.
Live session - introducing media enhanced feedback
Monday 07 February 2011 9:00am
Wednesday the 9th Febuary 1.30 PM - 2.30 PM will see the 4th and final in our series of live online sessions on the subject of screencasting.
This session looks at the potential for screencasting to provide media enhanced feedback for learners.
- Why consider media enhanced feedback
- How screencasting can support media enhanced feedback
- Uses and delivery considerations
- Discussion
We are also excited that we have two guest speakers joining us:
Ann Marie Cunningham, GP and Clinical lecturer at Cardiff University - Anne Marie will be sharing her experiences of using screencasts for feedback
Andrew Middleton, Digital voices, creative curriculum, (re-)evaluating technologies for learning, Sheffield Hallam University - will be highlighting his research into media enhanced feedback
Join us at 1.30 PM to find out more, bring your questions and examples and we look forward to seeing you online.
Using digital media for your e-Portfolio
Thursday 03 February 2011 9:00am
JISC Digital Media would like to introduce our new guide to Using digital media for your e-Portfolio.
There is wide usage of e-Portfolio tools in the community and their adaptability with digital media is addressed here. The guide looks at understanding what an e-Portfolio is and introduces uses for digital media that may be used by both teacher and student.
If you would like to share your uses with e-Portfolio tools then please share your thoughts, comments and examples in the comments.
JISC Digital Media Training Schedule Winter/Spring 2011
Tuesday 25 January 2011 11:02am
JISC Digital Media is happy to announce its workshop and seminar schedule for January to April 2011.
Bookings are now open on our training pages.
Returning workshops include popular, newer offerings 'Building Effective Screencasts' and 'Video Production' as well as our still image-based training in Image Metadata, Digital Photography and Colour Management.
A new date has also been set for the new JISC Advance 'Digital Media and Copyright' Seminar, to be held in Glasgow.
JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminars 2011
Wednesday 12 January 2011 10:32am
Following on from its sell-out beginnings in 2010 the new JISC Advance programme of Digital Media and Copyright seminars moves north to Glasgow and also for a return visit to London in early 2011.
Featuring experts from both JISC Legal and JISC Digital Media this popular day long seminar applies the benefit of real-world experience to the often complex question of copyright and its relation to digital media. To book your place, or find out more about our other workshops, please see our training pages or email training@jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk with any questions.
Service highlights 2010
Thursday 23 December 2010 9:00am
As we rapidly approach the close of another year and with only a few days to go until Christmas we thought we'd share our top 3s for 2010:
The 3 most viewed advice documents:
The 3 most commented upon advice documents:
- Find me an image that looks like
- Screencasting, broadcasting your activity
- Free online image editors
And finally...
...the 3 most popular blog posts:
- Ten new advice documents released
- Voice recorders on the iphone
- New online tutorials on finding video and audio
As always we welcome your feedback so please do let us know if there any advice document recommendations you may have.
On the 12th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Wednesday 22 December 2010 9:20am
...collapse your reflector.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (7.0MB).
Have you seen the 11th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 11th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Tuesday 21 December 2010 9:29am
...use your mic wisely.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (7.2MB).
Have you seen the 10th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 10th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Monday 20 December 2010 10:00am
...zoom in to focus.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (7.7MB).
Have you seen the 9th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 9th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Friday 17 December 2010 9:35am
...normalise your files.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (11.9MB).
Have you seen the 8th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 8th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Thursday 16 December 2010 10:00am
...monitor with headphones.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (5.7MB).
Have you seen the 7th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
Talking over the top
Wednesday 15 December 2010 11:03am
Our new advice document, Recording Voiceovers for Teaching and Learning Materials offers an overview of the ways in which media used in education can be enhanced with spoken word overlaid.
The document covers Powerpoint presentations, documents, film and still images with suggestions for equipment, pointers on software capabilties and the sklills required. If you require any specific technical assistence with creating voiceover materials please don't hesitate to contact us via our helpdesk.
On the 7th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:00am
...pan very slowly.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (8.0MB).
Have you seen the 6th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 6th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Tuesday 14 December 2010 9:41am
...use a string tripod.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (9.1MB).
Have you seen the 5th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 5th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Monday 13 December 2010 9:10am
...fill light your subject.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (4.7MB).
Have you seen the 4th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 4th day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Friday 10 December 2010 9:50am
...pile up the cushions.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (4.7MB).
Have you seen the 3rd day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 3rd day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Thursday 09 December 2010 9:43am
...always take a penny.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (5.3MB).
Have you seen the 2nd day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 2nd day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Wednesday 08 December 2010 9:40am
...stabilise your lights.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (7.0MB).
Have you seen the 1st day of JISC Digital Media Christmas?
On the 1st day of JISC Digital Media Christmas…
Tuesday 07 December 2010 2:51pm
...remember to use a pop shield.
If you cannot see the video above, please use this link to download the video file (6.8MB).
Intermedia - latest newsletter available
Thursday 02 December 2010 12:05pm
The fifth issue of our newsletter Intermedia is now available.
USB microphones - the direct connection
Wednesday 01 December 2010 2:45pm
A new advice document focussing on microphones which connect directly to computer via USB.
USB microphones are ideal tools for podcast, screencast, and audio feedback recording, and offer simple set-up and operation, and consistent results. Relatively cheap for the quality of results they can achieve when used correctly, they can be a cost effective way to upgrade your computer's audio capabilities, or to ensure that you can count on a consistent sound quality when working across different systems with the minimum of hassle.
Our new guide to USB Microphones for Voice gives a few representative examples of the many different designs and price points of USB microphone, and examines how their various features and specifications can affect how they are used and the quality of results.
As well as a comparison of main specifications and features, I have included an audio recording demonstrating and comparing five different USB mics recorded under identical conditions, which really brings to light the range of sound quality on offer. There are also sections offering advice on setting up and using a USB microphone to best advantage, and some things to consider when looking to buy one.
All-in-all a comprehensive introduction to the USB microphone for spoken word and voice-over.
Be Jackson to my Bashir
Wednesday 24 November 2010 3:21pm
Our new advice document discusses the all important, and often ignored, topic of preparing for interviews.
Professional interviews are meticulously planned in order to produce a specific message, or to portray a number of key points. Whether your interview is a one-off or part of an ongoing project, Preparing for an Interview offers key advice in preparing questions, preparing your subject, and shaping the flow and ultimately the content of your interview.
Photo by joe.moore on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence.
Portable recorders
Wednesday 17 November 2010 9:35am
A new guide to the different types of Portable Digital Audio Recorders, from digital dictaphones to professional field recorders.
Image used with kind permission from Museum Waalsdorp http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/en/littleli
It isn't always possible or desirable to use a computer-based audio workstation to record audio. Whether recording on location at a lecture, event or live performance (all with the performers' permission, naturally..), making audio notes or recording audio feedback, a computer with all the necessary peripherals and software may not be available, suitable, or indeed welcome in the environment or workflow.
A dedicated and portable device designed for the task is often the only practical solution - especially to field recording tasks - but there are a range of devices at vastly different price points, and offering a variety of features, some of which will be more relevant than others to particular users. In this new short guide to Portable Digital Audio Recorders we look at the different types of portable and field recorder, their strengths, and their suitability for specific tasks.
A directory of open source and free software
Wednesday 10 November 2010 9:36am
We've just published our latest advice document -- except it's not an advice document, but rather a guide to open source and free software.
We can't hope to make a complete list of free and open source tools or even a comprehensive one. What we can do, however, is to create a useful entry point into this enormously rich and varied field.
Software is organised into sections for audio, still image, moving image and cross-media with subsections for different tasks. Thus, someone looking for image editors will find them grouped together in the still image section.
Although we intend to update the directory and add to it regularly, we can't guarantee that everything will be up to date at any time, given the speed with which things change on the web. Nonetheless, we hope that users out there will find it useful and perhaps even a little bit illuminating about the many different tasks that can be performed using free or open source tools.
Go to our Open Source and Free Software Directory.
Burn baby burn
Wednesday 03 November 2010 2:45pm
The dark art of burning media to playable optical discs is finally dispelled in our two new advice documents on creating audio CDs, video DVDs and slideshow DVDs.
All too often the what seems like a straightforward computer task can result in a painstaking process where eventually ones simply gives up.
With one advice document for each major platform (Windows and Mac OSX), these guides present simple and easy to follow step-by-step instructions on succesfully creating optical discs that play in CD players, DVD players and computer drives.
Image by NguyenDai on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
New date for copyright seminar
Wednesday 27 October 2010 9:55am
Our JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar in London is now fully booked, but we have just announced a new date in Somerset.
Bringing together experts in digital media and copyright law this seminar created by the JISC Advance services, JISC Digital Media and JISC Legal, uses common real-world scenarios to focus on how copyright impacts on the use of digital media. The seminar will allow participants to gain an understanding of the common issues and challenges facing institutions in the current copyright landscape.
Following the sell-out London date, we are pleased to announce a new date and location: Thursday 2nd December 2010 at Taunton Rugby Club, Hyde Park, Taunton, Somerset.
To find out more and book a place please see JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar.
Image by opensourceway on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
New advice on the video enabled digital SLR
Wednesday 20 October 2010 8:42am
Video capture is an increasingly common feature in today's digital SLR cameras. While the controls are crude compared to those of a dedicated camcorder the video output has a cinematic look popular with many filmmakers.
Our new advice document The Video Enabled Digital SLR provides an introduction to the feature and details some of its strengths and weaknesses.
Video enabled digital SLR with microphone attached.
Using digital media in PDFs
Friday 08 October 2010 8:28am
Our tenth and final document in the new series is on Using Multimedia in a PDF.
Image credit, Thomas Hawk, search keyword(s): stack. Used under a Creative Commons licence
We outline the considerations for using and embedding multimedia in a PDF. Discover uses for multimedia in a PDF, what requirements you need to consider and finally how to add multimedia to your very own PDF files.
Telling it like it is - a how-to guide on creating audio feedback
Thursday 07 October 2010 8:29am
Following on from the release of our document Audio Feedback, this accompanying paper Audio Feedback - A How-To Guide provides a step-by step guide on creating and embedding digital audio files for delivering as audio feedback.
Using MS Word (the most commonly used file format for student written assignments) as a delivery tool, this guide shows you how to record and embed audio feedback at specific points within documents, and how to include files recorded separately into documents.
Photo by Brum d on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
Just say the word…
Wednesday 06 October 2010 8:40am
Audio Feedback is the eighth advice document in our series of ten. It provides an introductory guide to using digital audio files as a method of communicating feedback to students alongside, or as a replacement to traditional text based feedback.
With the completion of the Sounds Good JISC-funded research project, and the success of last year's A Word in your Ear event in Sheffield, audio feedback is becoming more commonly used in education, and this document presents considerations based on published research and answers some initial questions you may find yourself asking, such as 'What are the drawbacks?', and 'What technical knowledge do I need to know?'
Audio Feedback will be followed by our Audio Feedback How-to Guide, with step-by-step instructions on creating and embedding audio feedback files into student assignments.
Photo by Julián Rodriguez Orihuela on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons Licence
Providing live support to your community over the web
Tuesday 05 October 2010 9:55am
Providing Live Support to your Community over the Web is our seventh in the new series of ten advice documents.
Photo by Antony Theobald on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
This advice is based on our recent series of online live sessions, looking at how you can use web-based tools to run support sessions and suggests uses for digital media.
If you run live online sessions please do let us know what you use and how well it works in the comments.
Introducing mobile learning
Monday 04 October 2010 9:53am
This document introduces the subject of Mobile Learning for Education purposes.
The very fact that most of the teaching and student population have a mobile phone should draw our interest to mobile devices and the potential opportunities for teaching and learning.
We take a look at how mobile can be used in the teaching and learning arena and suggest opportunities for the use of digital media.
If you are directly and/or purposefully designing your teaching and learning to include 'mobile' please share how in the comments.
Considerations for organising digital media in a VLE
Friday 01 October 2010 8:54am
The fifth of ten new advice documents highlights the major considerations needed when managing still images, video and audio within a virtual learning environment (VLE) and looks at practical solutions to help ensure you do this effectively. Organising Digital Media Content in a VLE
Considering the delivery of digital media online
Thursday 30 September 2010 8:45am
The fourth of our ten new advice documents is all about Considering the delivery of digital media online
Image credit James Justin, found on Flickr, key word: delivery. Used under a Creative Commons licence
This document looks at some of the options for delivering digital media using the web as a delivery platform.
JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar, London
Wednesday 29 September 2010 10:34am
Do you use images from the internet in PowerPoint? Are you struggling to get your head around the rights of your digital collection? Are you embarking on producing your own digital media resources? JISC Digital Media in association with JISC Legal is hosting a brand new JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar to help disseminate information in order to help you protect your resources and your institution.
Use of digital media has fast become the norm in day-to-day work, and as a result awareness of copyright and other rights is key in taking care of your own works, as well as making sure you are not infringing the rights of others.
This seminar aims to offer practical approaches and considerations for using digital media in teaching and learning, digitising digital media and digital rights management. It is aimed at those working in developing institutional policy, disseminating copyright information to staff, and those working with digital media on a day-to-day basis.
The objectives are:
- To increase confidence in dealing with multi-layer intellectual property rights in digital media
- To identify appropriate approaches to dealing with the uncertainties of copyright law in relation to digital media
- To share experiences of both issues and solutions to IPR challenges in relation to digital media
Having listened to many of our users, we are running this event outside of Bristol, with a view to hosting it in various venues nationwide in the upcoming future.
To find out more and book a place please see JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar.
Photo by 917press on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
Viewing, using and producing digital media resources
Wednesday 29 September 2010 8:40am
Introducing the third of ten advice documents: Common Methods for Viewing, Using and Producing Digital Media Resources
Photo by Thomas Hawk on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
Here we cover the considerations for the four stages of resource development - creating, using, managing and delivering resources.
Designing a learning experience
Tuesday 28 September 2010 8:40am
The second of our ten new advice documents looks at Designing Learning Experiences.
This new advice document looks at the importance of designing the learner experience when producing learning materials.
Photo by Thomas Hawk on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
Ten new advice documents released
Monday 27 September 2010 10:45am
Today sees the launch of the first of ten new advice documents from the JISC Digital Media team.
Normally the University of Bristol based team release a new document every week - but after a busy summer we will release a new advice document every day for two weeks.
The flurry of documents looks at the role of digital media in teaching and learning and starts with an Introduction to e-Learning.
Photo by FabioHofnik on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
#2 Designing Learning Experiences
#3 Common Methods for Viewing, Using and Producing Digital Media Resources
#4 Considering the delivery of digital media online
#5 Organising Digital Media Content in a VLE
#6 Mobile Learning for Education
#7 Providing Live Support to your Community over the Web
#9 Telling it like it is - a how-to guide on creating audio feedback
e-Learning: an introduction
Monday 20 September 2010 8:50am
Coming soon - a fortnight where we will be releasing one new advice document a day!
Photo by kristofabrath on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence
Normally we release one new advice document each week, but we've been busy over the summer and have put together two weeks' worth of advice.
We'll be kicking things off with our brand new Introduction to e-Learning.
Watch this space for more details!
