Visual Communication:

from zoopraxiscope to YouTube

Carol SkyringLearnTel, Australia

cskyring@learntel.com.au

1 point if you know what it isOR 2 points if you’ve used

• uStream

• echo

• Slideshare

• YouTube

• Direct Visual

• Flickr

• Skype

• Videoconferencing

• Teacher Tube

• TANDBERG

• Animoto

• Wordle

• Vidyo

• iTunesU

• Second Life

• Oovoo

• Jing

• Presentations 2go

• Vodcast

• Web conferencing

Where are we from?

NetherlandsWales

Rest Europe

USA Australia

OtherRest of UK Canada

A picture is worth a thousand words

24 JuneQld, Australia

Winter22C

24 JuneAbers, Wales

Summer22C

Where have we been?

Where are we now?

Educational uses

Where is it heading?

Key factors for success

Thaumatrope: 1825

Phenakistoscope: 1832

Zoopraxiscope: 1879

Mid 1800s prediction

Telephonoscopique kiosks are to be found on every street-

corner in the better neighbourhoods throughout France in the mid-twentieth century. Not only can you speak with your distant

friends and loved ones in all the corners of the Empire,

you can also see them at the same time. An intriguing

forecast and aptly titled le tele.

Frustrated and enraged at obtaining so many crossed visual lines, a man hurls his

chair at le tele. An observation by Robida that

while tremendous strides may be made in technology, human behaviour changes not in the

slightest.

Mid 1800s prediction

Frustrated and enraged at obtaining so many crossed visual lines, a man hurls his

chair at le tele. An observation by Robida that

while tremendous strides may be made in technology, human behaviour changes not in the

slightest.

Education & Training• Everyone from schools to

polytechnics to universities to corporate to ambulance….

• Everything from nursing to hairdressing to science to art to dance….

Latest VC Developments• High Definition (HD)

• Telepresence

Telepresence

Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location.

Wikipedia

(Tele)Presence

• A group of 'presence' technologies & standards that let applications know:- where you are

- what you're doing

- what kind of communications you're prepared to receive.

What does this mean for students?

• Rich learning environment

• Lots of interaction

• Instant responses to queries

• Anywhere & anytime

Higher Ed• Today students choose:

- The courses they study

- The campus they attend

• Tomorrow courses will be accessible from anywhere

• In the future students will choose with whom they study NOT where

Schools

• Global connections with other classes

• Content from sources around the world

• Virtual excursions

What does this mean for teachers?

• New ways of teaching

• New ways of structuring learning

• Always on?

- Anywhere

- Anyone

- Anytime

- 24/7

Where is it heading?

Virtual WorldsOnline SocialNetworking

Mobile

Virtual Worlds

If you're not in Second Life go there NOW & find out what is happening:- Total accounts: over 15 million

- Users last 60 days: 1,399, 211

- Online yesterday: 55, 930

- Over 300 universities have campuses

Click on the video screen below to access a

video introduction or the weekly podcast.

Videoconference from real life to 2nd life

Key factors for success• Appropriate and effective use:

- Is this the RIGHT tool

- A combination

• Pedagogical issues:- How can I BEST teach this

- Instructional design

• Room set-up- Right size

- Ease of use

• Support for instructors and students:- Professional development

What’s important?

• Provide learning solutions NOT technological ones

• Technology is your slave - not your master

• Design great learning experiences

Be brave!

http://videoconference.edublogs.org

cskyring@learntel.com.au