HSLG E-LIBRARY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, TCD, MAY 10th 2012

ELEARNING TOOLS & APPLICATIONS

MICHELLE DALTON, HSE MID-WEST LIBRARY SERVICES, UL

HTTP://LIBFOCUS.BLOGSPOT.COM

WHAT IS ELEARNING?

WHAT SORT OF CONTENT?

SCREENCASTS

PODCASTS & OTHER AUDIO

VIDEOS

STORYTELLING / ANIMATED CLIPS

ONLINE TESTS, QUIZZES & OTHER INTERACTIONS

DISCUSSION FORUMS & SOCIAL MEDIA

WHY INCORPORATE ELEARNING TOOLS?

REACH NEW USERS

CAN BE USED REMOTELY

JUST IN TIME DELIVERY

COST & TIME EFFICIENT

ADVANTAGES OF A BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH

FACE TO FACE

SELF-PACED

(ONLINE)

SOCIAL (ONLINE)

PLANNING PHASES

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN APPROACHES

EVALUATION

AUDIO-VISUAL TOOLS

CAMTASIA Screencasting and video solution

CAPTIVATE (Adobe) & ARTICULATEComplete elearning authoring suites. Create interactive content, screencasts, podcasts and convert ppt presentations to flash

RAPTIVITYPre-built templates for creating interactive content (Flash cards, picture shows, rollover word definitions etc.)

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS

‘FREE’ SOLUTIONS FOR VIDEO

CAMSTUDIOScreencasting solution (like a free version of Camtasia)

SCREENR & SCREENCAST-O-MATICScreencasting apps ideal for tutorials and demonstrations

XTRANORMALCreate animated storytelling clips and videos using online characters

SOFTWARE

WEB APPS

SCREENCAST MADE USING SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

SCREENR

WWW.SCREENR.COM

VERY EASY TO USE - JUST LOG-IN WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA A/C

HOST ON SCREENR, YOUTUBE OR DOWNLOAD MP4 FILES

EACH SCREENCAST IS LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES

NO EDITING (HAVE TO RE-RECORD ENTIRE VIDEO)

CAN’T RECORD AUDIO & VISUALS SEPARATELY

SCREENR

WWW.SCREENR.COM

SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

WWW.SCREENCAST-O-MATIC.COM

SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

ADVANCED EDITING TOOLS

LIMITED FREE VERSION (15 MIN MAX, NO EDITING)

PRO VERSION $12

RECORD AUDIO SCRIPT FIRST IN STAGES, THEN ADD VISUALS

ADD/REMOVE SILENCE & TRANSITION/FADE BETWEEN SECTIONS

SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

WWW.SCREENCAST-O-MATIC.COM

CAMSTUDIO

WWW.CAMSTUDIO.ORG

RECORD ALL SCREEN & AUDIO ACTIVITY AS AVI VIDEO FILES

BUILT-IN SWF PRODUCER CONVERTS AVIS INTO FLASH VIDEOS

CAN ADD SCREEN CAPTIONS

STEEPER LEARNING CURVE

NO CLOUD STORAGE

CAMSTUDIO

WWW.CAMSTUDIO.ORG

AUDACITYExcellent for long podcasts, sophisticated editing & enhancing audio files

WINDOWS SOUND RECORDER Very basic, no editing functionality, only good for very short sound files

AUDIOBOO Record & share audio through your web browser or mobile phone

‘FREE’ SOLUTIONS FOR AUDIO

SOFTWARE

WEB APPS

WINDOWS SOUND RECORDER

ACCESSORIES > ENTERTAINMENT

AUDACITY

HTTP://AUDACITY.SOUNDFORGE.NET

WORKS WITH WINDOWS & MAC O.S.

RECORD LIVE AUDIO & CONVERT FILES EASILY

CUT, COPY, MIX & OVERLAY SOUNDS

REMOVE STATIC & BACKGROUND NOISE FROM RECORDINGS

A BIT MORE COMPLICATED TO LEARN & NO CLOUD STORAGE

HTTP://AUDACITY.SOUNDFORGE.NET

AUDACITY

AUDIOBOO

HTTP://WWW.AUDIOBOO.FM

AUDIOBOO

HTTP://WWW.AUDIOBOO.FM

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

THINK HOW WILL YOU INTEGRATE THE CONTENT

EMBEDDED SCREENCASTS NAVIGATION

EXAMPLE OF A ‘FINISHED PRODUCT’

FINAL TIPS

KEEP IT SIMPLE

KEEP IT SHORT

THINK RELEVANCE; THINK CONTEXT

REMEMBER YOUR LEARNING OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES

INTEGRATE & EMBED IT (E.G. WITH AN EXISTING CPD PLATFORM)

KEEP IT UP TO DATE (THINGS CHANGE QUICKLY)

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME: http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/

ELEARNING STUFF: http://elearningstuff.net/

ELEARNING LEARNING: http://www.elearninglearning.com/

E-LIME: http://mededelearning.wordpress.com

C4LPT: http://c4lpt.co.uk/

MAKE USE OF DIRECTORY: http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/

FURTHER IDEAS & RESOURCES

QUESTIONS?

ELEARNING TOOLS & APPLICATIONS

MICHELLE.DALTON@UL.IE | HTTP://LIBFOCUS.BLOGSPOT.COM