EduTubePlus News
Hungarian Teachers Workshop
Friday, 18 September, 2009 - 15:21
Teachers and others taking part in the first EduTubePlus teachers workshop which was held in Budapest on 17/18 September spent two days discussing and experimenting with various types of video resources in the classroom.
This included discussing the educational value and use of ready-made video clips like those which will form the bedrock of the EduTubePlus multi-lingual curriculum-related video-based e-service for European schools. This service will be launched in 2010.
They also recorded their own clips as part of a hands-on experience in creating user-generated video which allowed them to...
Report on Pedagogical Framework Published
Tuesday, 1 September, 2009 - 10:00
EduTubePlus have recently published their first version of a pedagogical framework for the effective use of video in class which is publically available for download.
In this report, the proposed framework is described in detail and in terms of what the team consider to be its component elements; Curriculum, Learning Activity and Methodology. Investigation work into European curricula is described which shows that the approach to video and media in compulsory education is highly diverse across Europe. The team also carried out an extensive investigation into scenario building generally...
Report on Specifications for the selection of videos
Sunday, 2 August, 2009 - 11:29
Project partners led by the University of Hull recently completed work on a public report which defined a set of specifications for the selection of videos to be included in the EduTubePlus video library.
This document provides valuable insight into the criteria chosen for the selection of clips and background information related to the way in which partners have already selected materials. It also provides information about the actual video resources that will form the basis of the EduTubePlus video library.
The document is available on the outcomes page of the project section.
5th Hellenic Conference on ICT in Education
Sunday, 5 July, 2009 - 12:44
Elina Megalou (RACTI/Educational Technology Sector) presented the basic concept, goals and objectives of the EduTubePlus project at the 5th Hellenic Conference on ICT in Education, which was held in Syros, Greece, on 8-10 May 2009.
This conference takes place every two years in Syros and is organized by the Hellenic Association for the introduction of ICT in Education under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education. This year, more than 600 participants (teachers, educators, researchers, policy makers etc) attended the conference and 230 papers were presented, focusing on the use of...
Metadata schema for the EduTubePlus video-based Learning Scenarios
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009 - 17:07
Based on the Pedagogical Framework for the effective use of video in class, currently under development, partner RACTI in cooperation with ATiT and other project partners, has recently completed the definition of the EduTubePlus Learning Scenario Application profile.
The generic EduTubePlus video-based Learning Scenario Structure which was decided by the pedagogical experts as part of the EduTubePlus Pedagogical Framework, served as input for the definition of the full EduTubePlus metadata record set for video-based Learning Scenarios.
A conceptual data model for video-based Learning...
Metadata schema for the EduTubePlus curriculum-related videos
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009 - 11:30
Project partners UNED, Lesite.tv and RACTI, with the contribution of other partners with expertise in metadata, have recently decided on the metadata schema for the EduTubePlus curriculum-related videos.
After an analysis of the existing metadata profiles used by content providers for the description their videos, project partners decided on the set of suitable elements for the description of the EduTubePlus videos. The EduTubePlus Application Profile for video objects was then developed by combining elements from two standard metadata schemes, the Dublin Core and the EUN-LRE AP of IEEE-LOM...
EduTubePlus extensions to the EUN LRE Thesaurus were contributed back to the EUN
Friday, 5 June, 2009 - 17:06
Following the decisions taken regarding the development of the EduTubePlus ontology, the EUN LRE Thesaurus was translated into Romanian (by partner SIVECO) and into Portuguese (by partner Companhia de Ideias).
Moreover, project partner CEDETEL, formally represented the LRE thesaurus using SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organisation System).
The development of the EduTubePlus concept scheme based on LRE and SKOS guidelines will allow EduTubePlus interact with other educational libraries (with educational video-based resources or learning resources in general) in an intelligent way.
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Annual Klascement Awards
Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 - 11:39
Hans De Four from partner KlasCement gave a talk at the annual Klascement Awards in May where he spoke about the use of video and the EduTubePlus project.
He also discussed the possibilities of the new video and multimedia corner in KlasCement which you can find here.
Working Meeting in Hull to Discuss Pedagogical Framework
Monday, 4 May, 2009 - 11:13
Staff from University of Hull and ATiT met in Hull on Thursday last week to work on the pedagogical framework being used in the EduTubePlus project.
This framework builds on the work of both partners in work packages 2 and 6 along with the input of the other partners involved in these work packages and utilises in part the selection criteria used to categorise video clips describing the different activities video can support in the classroom already being used by University of Hull.
Regional Support Centre, Eastern Region: Podcast: February 2009
Wednesday, 29 April, 2009 - 14:19
Kevin Burden, from the University of Hull gives an overview of the JISC NewsFilm Online service.
Kevin has also been involved in a number of research projects surrounding the use of digitised resources in learning and enthusiastically explains all in this podcast: http://www.rsc-eastern.ac.uk/RSC_files/community/media/Podcast12-pl.html