Welcome to their world by DVC Prof Graham Webb
Most nights I watch my daughter (just doing HSC and hoping to go to University next year) working on her laptop in the kitchen, searching for the daily high point on UTube while updating Facebook, playing iTunes, emailing, video Skyping, sending texts on her mobile, playing guitar, eating, watching TV and having a conversation with Sue and I. It is called homework.
You may recently have seen advertising for the eLearning Commons at TLC. I booked in today for a couple of hours to have a look and be taken through some of the things that are available. Ray Cooksey, Jennie Shaw and Don Hine came along too.
We started by watching a short TLC video:
http://tlc.une.edu.au/video/?commons-trailer.mp4
and then saw an interactive Flash module (delivered via Blackboard), created by Nigel Andrew from Zoology, Catherine Clarke and Iain Mackay from TLC, that engages students in initial thinking using scenario-based learning:
http://tlc.une.edu.au/entomology/module1/
I was knocked backwards by a promotional unit trailer produced by Dr Frances Gray from Philosophy in conjunction with TLC, introducing the concept of metaphysics to new students - I was about to ask where you could get such a great voice-over before realising it was actually Frances herself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrH-zMBmCsg
We saw an interactive Flash module, created by Kip Werren from Law and Helen Fraser and Ingrid Wijeyewardene from TLC, that supports NESB students with language difficulties via scenario-based learning:
http://tlc.une.edu.au/law/LS391.swf
and an enhanced podcast, created by Linguistics lecturers, syncing lecture audio with PowerPoint slides and delivered to external students:
http://tlc.une.edu.au/video/?ling101.mp4
After that we had a go ourselves to select some powerpoint slides and put music and speech audio onto them - working in both PC and Mac environments. So, Interactive Flash video, enhanced podcasts, video trailers and screen flow capture which integrate into Blackboard - are a short walk away. Like us you can book into the Open2Learning dedicated lab and be doing this kind of thing within a few minutes - although of course major unit revamps take longer. Thanks to Robyn Muldoon and everyone who helped us at Open2Learning for the experience.
All the best . . . Graham.
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