Interlabs Research Institute at Bradley University
NSF grant for $1 million
- development of online educational materials
research of utilization of MM and communications tools at over 100 universities
- 50 major universities, 50 community colleges
Main multimedia and communication technologies that are used, composed list of 24
most popular
- MS PPT and slides
- hyperlinks to interent resources
- online testing
- streaming video and audio techonlogies (just 41% using)
- learning content on interactive CD-ROMS
- recorded computer screen (RCS) technology - recorded hands-on excercises,
or animated storyboards (only 14%)
- other types of technologies used to deliver learning conents
Found most popular 10 most popular multimedia technologies used at Bradley Univ
- at Bradley, 63% (more than 41%) using streaming audio, sound, music
-- 58% using recorded computer screen technology (1024 x 768 pixels, AVI format)
compared to 14%
- streaming video, films, movies (AVI, MPEG, MOV, QT, RV, WMV clips) 52% compared
to 41%
AccuStream iMovie Research monitors use of video served using broadband, increased
by 11% 2001-2002
- 52% to 63%
At Bradley they also looked at how MM and Comm technologies should be used in one advanced
"forget about eLearning" - please
- students want more than 1 technology
- students want 6-10 technologies (39% of respondents said this)
What types of skills are advanced by MM WBE courses
- buinsess skills, specific product or service oreiented skills
- end user and application devloper
- technical, communication, etc
Tool that they created, InterLabs tool
- inovated web-based software engeineering
"Talking Head" web-lecturing technology
- this is the tool they created
Need white board tool to use for web-lecturing
can use desktop recording software to create excellent hands on, narrated, web developed sessions for students
Integrate BlackBoard + InterLabs to create a virtual Learning Environment
Blended learning implementation
- student, offline mode (CD ROMS), Learning Content, Online (via the Internet
and using web server), in classroom
93% of students agree/strongly agree that web-lecturing technology is needed
- only 19% prefer or strongly prefer e-learning by e-reading
Vladamir gives students the choice of whether they want to take the class
all face to face, all web based, or in a blended mode
2004 Internationala Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE-2004)
Law of 1:18
- to produce 1 hour of advanced web based instruction, requires 18 hours of
work (physical hours)
- about 9 of those are post-production
-- undergraduate students exclusively help faclty to do this
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