Instructional Technologies, Video and Multimedia Production, and Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences

The focus of this seminar will be to provide a look at desktop and enterprise solutions for the creation, management, hosting, and delivery of digital media, including podcasting. We will consider tools that allow the average person to create podcasts and coursecasts on their own. We will then look at enterprise-level systems, including commercial and open source, and discuss their ability to integrate and authenticate with course management systems. Hosting options (iTunes U, YouTube, and Screencast.com) will be explored. You will learn about the social, industry, and Internet trends that are defining the standards for digital media. You will leave with a resource guide containing information and links to systems and tools discussed, along with an instrument for determining needs and a guide to evaluating systems.

This presentation will demonstrate the use of a modular-based template that allows faculty to create database-driven, media-rich content for their courses. The initial project for which the template was created, the Shelley Project: Victor as Virtuoso, will be presented, as well as two subsequent projects.