Showing posts with label learn. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Juggling Vine to Learn Show Tell!
What can you learn in 6 seconds?
Or what can you teach (show or tell) in 6 seconds?
VINE
Vine (please dont confuse it with Wine!) is a mobile service (owned by Twitter) that lets you capture and share short looping videos (6 seconds or less). Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine inspires creativity. The Vine app is free for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
Today, millions of people are using it around the world, and it is one of the fasting growing social media tools around.
LEARN
If you thought 60-second lectures were short, what about learning nuggets that are 6 seconds or less? Can Vine be used for learning and teaching at the University level?
Ponder this...
Source
WOW! If humans attention span is only 8 seconds, then 6 seconds or less could be awesome for a quick learning nugget. Even instructional designers will be impressed if you can chunk your learning nugget to 6 seconds or less.
As Vine loops (rewinds and play again) the published video content, the mother of all learning techniques is automated into this learning tool...
Finally, Vine is a powerful tool to capture and share learning moments on-the-fly. So, it is another perfect tool for mobile learning and sharing.
SHOW & TELL
But, what can you show or tell in 6 seconds or less? The lecturer will only be able to say, "Hi, my name is Zaki. Today I am going to..." CUT!!!
Vine forces you to get to the point quickly in a creative way to spark that learning moment. Though, perhaps it would have been cool to be given at least 29 seconds or less to show (tutorial), but lets be open minded and explore the learning possibilities with this 6 second video capturing constraint.
Here we go:
Teaching with Vine from Shelly Terrell
Imagine: From 45 minute lectures to 6 seconds video learning nuggets. Whats next?WOW! Also, dont forget to explore the 6 Second Science Fair (Creative ways to express science in 6 seconds).
IMU
So, how could we use this mobile learning tool at our University?
If we are open minded and imaginative, there are actually many ways we could use this tool to inspire learning and student engagement. For example, here are three (3) ways we could use Vine for learning and teaching:
- Lab Exercises and ExperimentsLecturers or students use their mobile cameras to capture key moments of their lab experiments. This could be anything from the How to to the Outcome...Kaboong!
- Field TripsStudents video capturing interesting things discovered while they are on field trips or hospital postings, which can be shared and discussed further with their community or group.
- Student AssignmentsStudents can be assigned to act out scenarios, professional dialogues, how to communicate with patients, role play, storytelling, etc. They could also use it to give feedback and share opinions/critiques on various topics in a course.
If you need more than 6 seconds, you could always create multiple videos (or scenes). Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, etc. I am sure, you can think of many other ways to excite learning and spark student engagement using Vine. Just let your imagination go ____!
The 1-second video learning swoosh :)
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Learn How to Make a Social Networking Website
Learn how to make a social networking website in this excellent video training course entitled Building Custom Social Networking Websites. Here, youll get to know the best tools and practices for designing and creating Facebook-like social networking web sites customized for specific targeted audiences or needs.
What you will learn:
Youll also be introduced to the following tools for building these social networking websites: Ning, WordPress, Moodle, and Joomla.
To learn more about the course, start watching the video tutorials below:
Target Audience
Why Build Social Networking Sites
Options for Creating Your Own Network
Hosted Social Networking Solutions
Self-Hosting Your Own Site
Examples of Custom Social Networks
Groups
Activity Streams
Discussion Forums
Blogs
Photo & Video Uploads
Polls
Chat & Events
RSS Feeds
Apps
If you enjoyed these video tutorials on how to make a social networking site, and would like to view the rest of the course, you can sign up for a VTC Online University membership. For as little as $30 a month, you get unlimited access to the entire VTC training library of thousands of video tutorials.
About VTC
The Virtual Training Company (VTC) started in Californias Silicon Valley in 1996, and is one of the leading online training providers in the web today. Theyve built up a library of more than 1000 video training courses, which you can access entirely for $30/month.
Heres what some of their satisfied customers have to say:
This site is basically going to save my semester. I will be using it beyond that though. What a great site. Worth every penny. Thank you so much for your product.
- Kevin
Geoff Blake performed superbly on introducing Acrobat forms: clear, well-organized and instructive on the basics of the process. Bravo! I would highly recommend this course to anyone searching for a basic introduction to Acrobat forms.
- Brad B.
Over the course of a few weeks, I received approximately 60 hours of on-line Project Management training from VTC. The training was for a Project Management certification exam and I took 3 courses PMBOK (a bootcamp like course), PMBOK Schedule and PMBOK Risk. The course really prepared me for the test. I particularly found the Schedule and Risk Bundles instructive in expanding my intuitive understanding of these overall processes. The video instructor did a great job of performing the training and her commentary and explanations were right on. Her melodic voice is easy to listen to - she motivates and encourages study. I passed the Project Management Certification on my first try after completing this course of study. Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value.
- Annemarie DeMarco
I joined on the 20th August 2010, and Im most impressed. I need to learn Excel for my job and at 64 years old I never thought I would ever be able to conquer spreadsheets! I have been practicing along with your tutorials, and I cant believe how quickly I am picking it up. The online course is worth every penny and I will be recommending you and your team for the excellent service and content to anyone who will listen. Magic! By the way Im not that great on a computer either so if I can do it, then its a doodle for anyone else!
- Barbara Richards
Read more »
What you will learn:
- The best tools and practices for designing and creating social networking websites
- How to design sites that encourage users to interact and communicate with on another and build friendships, trust, and community
- How to import content into a site from elsewhere on the Internet
- How to encourage users to contribute to the site
- How to earn revenue from your social networking website
Youll also be introduced to the following tools for building these social networking websites: Ning, WordPress, Moodle, and Joomla.
To learn more about the course, start watching the video tutorials below:
Course Introduction
What You Will Learn from the CourseTarget Audience
Why Build Social Networking Sites
What is a Social Network?
Definition of a Social NetworkOptions for Creating Your Own Network
Hosted Social Networking Solutions
Self-Hosting Your Own Site
Examples of Custom Social Networks
Elements of a Social Network
Users & ProfilesGroups
Activity Streams
Discussion Forums
Blogs
Photo & Video Uploads
Polls
Chat & Events
RSS Feeds
Apps
If you enjoyed these video tutorials on how to make a social networking site, and would like to view the rest of the course, you can sign up for a VTC Online University membership. For as little as $30 a month, you get unlimited access to the entire VTC training library of thousands of video tutorials.
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About VTC
The Virtual Training Company (VTC) started in Californias Silicon Valley in 1996, and is one of the leading online training providers in the web today. Theyve built up a library of more than 1000 video training courses, which you can access entirely for $30/month.
Heres what some of their satisfied customers have to say:
This site is basically going to save my semester. I will be using it beyond that though. What a great site. Worth every penny. Thank you so much for your product.
- Kevin
Geoff Blake performed superbly on introducing Acrobat forms: clear, well-organized and instructive on the basics of the process. Bravo! I would highly recommend this course to anyone searching for a basic introduction to Acrobat forms.
- Brad B.
Over the course of a few weeks, I received approximately 60 hours of on-line Project Management training from VTC. The training was for a Project Management certification exam and I took 3 courses PMBOK (a bootcamp like course), PMBOK Schedule and PMBOK Risk. The course really prepared me for the test. I particularly found the Schedule and Risk Bundles instructive in expanding my intuitive understanding of these overall processes. The video instructor did a great job of performing the training and her commentary and explanations were right on. Her melodic voice is easy to listen to - she motivates and encourages study. I passed the Project Management Certification on my first try after completing this course of study. Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value.
- Annemarie DeMarco
I joined on the 20th August 2010, and Im most impressed. I need to learn Excel for my job and at 64 years old I never thought I would ever be able to conquer spreadsheets! I have been practicing along with your tutorials, and I cant believe how quickly I am picking it up. The online course is worth every penny and I will be recommending you and your team for the excellent service and content to anyone who will listen. Magic! By the way Im not that great on a computer either so if I can do it, then its a doodle for anyone else!
- Barbara Richards
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