Harnessing Digital Video for Instruction Wayne Miller Director of Educational Technologies, Duke Law School

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Bringing Video Into Focus

Bringing Video Into Focus Student focus

Bringing Video Into Focus Student focus Instructor focus

Student focus Record classes for later review by students Record guided student interactions Play video for discussion and analysis Have students record video: Interviews, documentary footage Create story line and record performance Collages and analyses of clips

Instructor focus Record lecture “modules” as resources Record demonstrations or instructions Record guest speakers for use in future Record simulations for discussion Record scenarios for debate and discussion

Equipment Needs – Components

Equipment Needs – Components Mini – DV [digital video format] camera

Equipment Needs – Components Plenty of room for camera upgrades– 3 CCD; HD

Equipment Needs – Components Microphones – wired or wireless (sound quality is key!)

Equipment Needs – Components Lighting kit (optional)

Equipment Needs – Components Editing station - Macintosh preferred

Equipment Needs – Components Editing station - Macintosh preferred Connection is usually iLink – firewire - 1394

Equipment Needs – Components Editing/Publishing Software, such as free iMovie / iDVD or Final Cut Pro / DVD Studio

Equipment Needs – Components Upgrades – disc array (disk space is key)

Equipment Needs – Components Upgrades – DV decks

Human Resource Needs Video Specialist No more (less) expensive than IT staff Try local resources: Film/Media Studies Communications Student TV station

Approaches: Recording Presentations

Recording Presentations

Recording Presentations Encode for online streaming via Real, Windows Media Encoder, QuickTime

Recording Presentations Encode for online streaming via Real, Windows Media Encoder, QuickTime Encode for downloading as a Real, Windows Media, QuickTime, MPEG4, or other file type

Recording Presentations Encode for online streaming via Real, Windows Media Encoder, QuickTime Encode for downloading as a Real, Windows Media, QuickTime, MPEG4, or other file type Encode with additional “smarts”

Recording Presentations Missing from the lens Transcript - July 12, 2006 Wayne Miller: I want to say a few things about that…. Fred Finklestein: Can you clarify? Wayne Miller: Probably not….

Recording Presentations Apreso - Record VGA and audio

Recording Presentations Windows Media Encoder – Record voice and screen

Recording Presentations Accordent – synchronize slides with video

Recording Presentations Magpie – tool for captioning video

Recording Presentations Virage – video capture, encoding and searching

Approaches: Faculty Video Projects

Project Definition Define goals Shoot video and gather materials Edit Distribute Evaluate

Project Scope (Duke Examples) Farm out – production company, software development

Project Scope (Duke Examples) Introductory videos Expert commentaries (I G 4 f) Scenarios for discussion (VII B 1)

Project Scope (Duke Examples) Internal – infrastructure in place, video and website http://distinctiveaspects.org

Project Scope (Duke Examples) Trailers Case Videos Party Narrative

Approaches: Student Video Projects

Student Recordings Students use their creativity to create videos to illustrate legal points

Student Recordings Students use their creativity to create videos to illustrate legal points Students record their own practice, for self-, group or instructor critique

Student Recordings Students use their creativity to create videos to illustrate legal points Students record their own practice, for self-, group or instructor critique Perhaps a melding... ?

“Here’s an idea”: Resource Recordings

Resource Recordings Research skills can not only be usefully taught in person, but may also be fruitfully “virtualized” Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and a moving picture many more A library of up-to-date resources can be put to use for many courses and situations

Resource Recordings Problem: Video resources are time-consuming and need constant updating / supplementing

Resource Recordings Problem: Video resources are time-consuming and need constant updating / supplementing Possible Solution: Have students help create video resources under instructor review and with staff support

Harnessing Digital Video for Instruction Wayne Miller wmiller@law.duke.edu http://www.law.duke.edu/edtech/