Six tools to realize a good VSCL pedagogy
There are several technologies and platforms for videos. Here are six tools to realize a good VSCL pedagogy.
In the ViSuAL Knowledge Alliance consortium six educational technology companies, each with its specific tool, were involved. In the experiments we built experience with these tools and the companies adapted and improved their tools on the basis of the experience. Each tool has a different functionality going from storage of videoblogs, video enabled professional development, video in combination with traditional schoolbooks, Hyper video, annotating and interaction to video story-telling.
Of course, you can easily find a lot more tools surfing on the Internet. However, here you get a nice impression of different functionalities and purposes of some of the tools we experimented with.
Flowboard Online Video Platform
Flowboard Online Video Platform provided by Flowbox is an interactive environment for producing, managing and sharing video content.
Each user can create their own unique video environment by creating channels and folders and sharing them or individual videos to anyone. Video content can be shared via direct links and embedded in other web sites and environments – like LMS, intranet or social media.
Video: Flowboard - Video for everyone
More information at Flowboard
IRIS Connect
IRIS Connect is a video-enabled professional learning platform. It gives teachers the opportunity to record classroom-based teaching and learning using the Discovery Kit or mobile app, or capture online teaching using the IRIS Connect App and integrated screen-capture tools.
All videos are securely transferred to the teacher’s personal, password protected account on the cloud-based platform. From there, teachers can reflect on teaching and learning, analyse practice, add time-stamped comments, edit their videos and – if they want to – share with colleagues for feedback.
IRIS Connect is a collaborative teacher development space enabling teachers to work together in groups, share their resources and participate in online courses. It has been shown to help teachers develop new skills, refine their instruction, improve collaboration and deliver improved learning outcomes.
Video: IRIS Connect Demonstration: Video-Based Professional Learning
More information at IRIS Connect
Bloco Grafico
The company Bloco Gráfico, S.A. is constituted as the graphic division of Grupo Porto Editora.
Developed by the Porto Editora Group, the Virtual School is a study platform geared towards students of the 21st century. Here students find thousands of tests, interactive lessons and other materials, from the 1st to the 12th year, to train and test their knowledge.
In an increasingly demanding world, the Virtual School helps students to develop essential reasoning, critical thinking, autonomy and creativity skills and to become competent, confident and successful citizens.
When accessing the platform, the student is challenged, in each new subject, to test their knowledge. The tests presented are always different and can be performed as many times as they wish. In the end, the student easily checks what they know and what they do not know. With this system, the student quickly understands what topics they have mastered and those they need to study more. To support students in their learning, the Virtual School offers classes with videos, tutorials, animations and exercises that allow them to understand all the material at their own pace.
iVideo.education
iVideo.education explores the possibility of creating interactive videos using small pieces of footage, to promote learning.
Although audiovisual material offers considerable potential for integration in didactic activities, this is not often done. It is difficult to find the right material that truly satisfies the needs of teachers and trainers. There is a great deal of documentation, but it is pre-established and not very useful.
iVideo.education allows all teachers and trainers, with no particular computer skills, to customise and structure didactic material for their own teaching or training activity, using existing footage and and linking it to all sorts of different resources (text documents, images, audio files etc.). It also enables individual learners or groups of learners to insert notes directly onto the video.
Video: iVideo.education - Interactive, innovative, iVideo
More information at iVideo.education
EdVisto
Build a story, learn together. EdVisto is a video storytelling platform which provides a pedagogical tool for creating a video story from design phase to sharing it. EdVisto combines the most ancient teaching method of storytelling with modern video and social sharing technology for a powerful learning solution.
Students can create video stories individually or in groups. They can comment and discus the stories throughout the process - from the design phase to editing and published videos.
Video: Introduction to EdVisto: Learning through stories
More information at EdVisto
Nordic simulators
Nordic Simulators offer modern and innovative simulation training systems - such as Audio-Visual Simulation Recorders, Sound Systems and Virtual Reality Facilities - for more efficient learning.
Video: Nordic Simulators
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