1. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Going Mobile Developing video learning resources and assessment tools for healthcare students to access on mobile devices Maria Parks ALPS Fellow & Blayn Parkinson Learning Technologist.

2. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Our Partners in the CETL

3. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk To ensure that students graduating from courses in health and social care are fully equipped to perform confidently and competently at the start of their professional careers Innovative methods of assessment that ensure students are fit to practice in the changing workplace Aim of this programme

4. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk The ALPS Assessment Cycle

5. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Video Resources Through the VLE –Integrated into Learning Modules –Formative assessments/quizzes On mobile devices –Pushed out to mobile devices OR downloadable –Flexible learning opportunities

6. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Formative test

7. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Filming the videos Filming the video learning objects –Professional filming by University based company CITYsj Productions –Use semantics of the medium to highlight teaching points more effectively –Voiceovers were provided by academic staff –Videos were professionally edited by CITYsj productions

8. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Videos for the web Requirement for videos to be available within the VLE –Flash video or FLV. –Very common format for web based videos, ( used by many news websites such as YouTube, Google Video etc ). –Cross platform and browser compatible. –Easy to convert from other file formats. –Requires some knowledge of HTML to configure a player to display the video files. ( we used the FREE JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 4.3 ).JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 4.3

9. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Videos for mobile devices Requirement for video to be available on mobile devices (Symbian and Windows) Standard format for videos on mobiles is.3GP –Allows them to be viewed on all types of capable mobile devices –Allows them to be ‘bluetoothed’ between devices

10. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Work of the Learning Technologists Insert captions on videos –Accessibility for disabled users –Clarity for able bodied users Convert uncompressed media to FLV format and embed content Convert videos to 3GP format for mobile devices (Super© video converter)Super© Develop website to share the resources

11. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Video Objects Website Allows all videos (FLV & 3GP) to be downloaded (reusable) Enables us to demonstrate and share the files between the ALPS partner universities www.yorksj.ac.uk/learnteach/alps/learning_objects

12. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Recommendations Where possible, have footage professionally recorded and edited Include captions for accessibility Include voiceovers for accessibility Include transcripts for voiceovers, again to meet accessibility guidelines Use FLV as the format for web-based video Use 3GP as the standard for mobile video Split video sequences up into re-usable ‘chunks’

13. ALPS CETL: www.alps-cetl.ac.uk | York St John University: www.yorksj.ac.ukwww.alps-cetl.ac.ukwww.yorksj.ac.uk Student Feedback Flexibility Any time any place access Revision aid Clarity of video Reusable/sharable