Do you Vimeo?

Following on from the previous post of making printed course resources interactive, I thought I would make a short video using my iPhone and upload it to this wordpress site in my allocated media files area.  Then I would create a QR code linking the url of the media file.

Then WordPress inserted a ‘But…’  It’s a simiar story when I try to embed an Audioboo.

I have to upgrade to use video, or upload video.  I understand about server space and all that, but sometimes free blog sites are just so limiting, and I am not willing to commit to an annual (and no doubt increasing) fee to maintain one.  So I looked around for a suitable (read ‘free’) video sharing site.

The one most recommended, and used by many industry websites too, is Vimeo https://vimeo.com/

So I have joined Vimeo, and created a channel, regant (follow me if you like).  I’ve linked my new video to a QR Code using qrstuff.com and then added this image to the course flyer. 

You can download the interactive flyer from my Dropbox Public folder and now I can email it to interested course participants 🙂  Yes, it’s not a prefessional video, but it’s a start 🙂

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8th4rn9d7oerpz/yoKBHl_Ex9

Vimeo NWP279

the 2012 printed e-learning book

Did you know the internet is only old enough to be a Uni-graduate?

In 1992 forty-seven country domains were registered (but not the ‘.au’ for Australia) and if you lived in regional Australia and enrolled in study you were probably sent a printed workbook as a learning resource and a phone number for your distance education teacher. 

page 4

The workbook looked a lot like this and if you were lucky your teacher returned your call a week after you left a message (but you were likely outside doing something and missed their call).  Learning could be a pretty lonely experience.

Then in the early 2000s the world wide web spread across Australia and electronic learning was developed; where you could log into a learning management system, read text online and email your teacher.  Sometimes the technology wouldn’t work that well in regional areas and you would be posted the printed workbook after all.

By 2005 there was so much on the internet you couldn’t decide where to go first.  E-learning was good, but easily distracted and fragmented in its approach.   Often you found something new simply by accident (hence the name StumbleUpon) and if it was considered interesting to others you might share it on your brand-new Facebook or Del.icio.us account.

 ‘Facilitated learning’ and ‘self-directed learning’ became an expectation.

Adobe elearning mindmap

You really wanted to just hold a printed book.

sourced from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chingchong/ photostream 26 Aug 2012

So, in 2012 we have a new type of printed book for the connected regional student…one that is co-authored by global specialists, includes instructional video, live discussions and compares what you see against what it should look like. 

Here, let me show you…

…to be presented at TEDx Gympie – 23 October 2012 http://www.tedxgympie.com/