Category: video
Using Adobe Connect with distance learning students
May 11th, 2012 at 09:05
The recording is now available of this week’s E-learning Community seminar on Synchronous Online Communication: running successful Adobe Connect sessions with students Many thanks to our speakers Jonathan Houdmont (lecturer – including on the MSc in Health and Wellbeing – in the Institute for Work, Health and Organisations) and Sue Cobb (Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering), both [...]
Interested in video for Teaching and Learning?
February 7th, 2012 at 12:02
The next e-learning community meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday Feb 8th in UP Pope C15 1:00-2:00 (note later time than usual). We’re looking at Planning and Working on Video Projects As a taster you might want to look at a a couple of videos: e.g., Sacred Calendar: Pentecost and Why Study…Early Christianity from one of our speakers, Thomas [...]
e-Learning Community: Working on Video Projects
February 1st, 2012 at 11:02
On Weds 8th February 2012, the e-learning community will explore… Planning and Working on Video Projects The session we shall have three speakers from diverse parts of the University: Theology and Religious Studies, Archaeology and Mathematical Sciences. They will address the questions: (1) “What is it like to work with the video team?” This may [...]
JISC MediaHub
January 20th, 2012 at 04:01
Launched in August last year, JISC MediaHub is a multimedia platform offering a wealth of digital image, video and audio collections accessible from a single interface. The platform offers access to free-at-the-point-of-use images, video and audio content licensed for educational and research use, via an easy-to-use interface, cross-searching across all the collections and the ability [...]
Video Training in 2012
December 21st, 2011 at 09:12
Updated 9th Janaury 2012 Once again the Video Production Group are offering free one day taster courses in video production throughout 2012. You will spend the morning gaining an understanding about video theory as well as camera techniques. In the afternoon you will be introduced to Avid Media Composer and the basics of non linear [...]
Winter Graduations
1 December 13th, 2011 at 01:12
Winter Graduations are upon us once again. The Video Production Group are spending the week over at the Graduation Hall on University Park, to record and stream all 7 Graduation ceremonies. If you’ve never seen a Graduation ceremony you can watch them live here, or alternativley if you can’t spare an hour to watch an [...]
Objects of belief videos: Lyle’s Golden Syrup
1 October 28th, 2011 at 09:10
Hurrah, the video about Lyle’s Golden Syrup that I mentioned in my previous post Spirituality, Syrup and Sacred Calendars is now available on YouTube. It’s a fascinating story about how the design on the tin was inspired by a Bible story. Dr Frances Knight from Theology was filmed by the TV and Video Unit in the Learning Technology [...]
GPS and video updates track three men in a tuk-tuk
July 15th, 2011 at 01:07
GPS and video updates are being used to track three men travelling 6000 miles over two continents in one motorised rickshaw. Sanjay Sharma from the University of Nottingham IT Support Section is currently taking part in a charity trip to India, travelling by ‘tuk-tuk’. The three-man team will be tracking their journey via GPS and [...]
Five minutes with … Simon Barnett
July 11th, 2011 at 10:07
Another in our series of interviews with colleagues here in the Learning Technology Section (and friends). Simon Barnett regularly blogs here and you can also find him on Twitter at @sim0nb. What three words describe you? Resourceful, creative, practical What’s your job role? I am one of three Video Producers within the Learning Technology Section. It’s fair to say [...]
More Video Production Training Courses
July 1st, 2011 at 08:07
Back in April I mentioned that all the video production courses that are run by the Video Production Group were fully booked until June. I can now confirm that the Video Production Group will be running some more courses in 2011. The next course due to run in September is already fully booked but there [...]