Mrs. Nugent summarizes the involvement of PBS and United Streaming in the development, distribution and utilization of the learning objects in K-12 digital media. She presents a table of PBS station digital media resources and examples of the storage space needed in schools for various digital media formats. One new aspect I hadn’t heard of is data casting which a TV station can broadcast to a specific computer in the station’s broadcast area.
At last, I’ve found an article which notes research results and further sources for me to check out . The idea of describing the video available through PBS or United Streaming as learning objects was new to me. The article cites research from education and the Department of Defense for the use and utility of incorporating the video learning objects into the classroom. Mrs. Nugent has a good idea of the challenges teachers go through while using digital media. The 2 main problems are 1.) training teachers on how to incorporate the learning objects into lesson plans/standards based objectives and 2.) the school’s ability to store the digital media with the hardware/servers available at the school site.
The author closes with the assertion that PBS has been working on their digital learning object inventory but that it is not based on technical standards. The article was published in July/August 2005, and to date, PBS has begun basing their video inventory on state educational standards. Other plans in the pipeline are an educational repository called EDCAR and a media player called COVE. More and more, stations will be able to encapsulate their own learning objects from the media filmed in their station.
Work Cited:
Nugent, G. C. Use and Delivery of Learning Objects in K-12: The Public Television Experience. TechTrends v. 49 no. 4 (July/August 2005) p. 61-6
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Hi Pam;
ReplyDeleteA video resource system sounds like such a great idea but cataloging and indexing all the video clips would be such a huge task.
Datacasting also sounds like a reasonable option where teachers could browse a catalog and order instructional material to be delivered to their computer or server.
The good thing about both of these options is the reusability factor. Instead of schools or teachers having to purchase video clips they can use PBS as a resource for these items.