Science of the Invisible

I think JOVE is a great way to make scientific res...

2008-11-20T08:01:00.000Z

I think JOVE is a great way to make scientific research accessible to the masses.
However I feel the next step to fully utilising JOVE would be to cite the videos into papers.
To that end, I have been using WizFolio to collect, review and cite my papers. Pretty powerful as it grabs the PDFs easily.
Anyone else tried it?

Ok. I get your point. LOLNow, what are your tips f...

2008-10-11T10:37:00.000+01:00

Ok. I get your point. LOL

Now, what are your tips for a successful video blog? cheers Sarah

One of the things I liked about Pebblepad was that...

2008-08-21T04:37:00.000+01:00

One of the things I liked about Pebblepad was that it was private. You could choose to share/withold each 'item' in your portfolio. I can send an individual 'reflection' to someone without sharing my whole blog. I can choose what I want them to do with it - forward to others, comment, collaborate etc. I don't find this level of user control as easy to navigate in the 'free world', and nor would most of my students.

demography is probably a maximum of 66% accurate, ...

2008-07-29T23:38:00.000+01:00

demography is probably a maximum of 66% accurate, 33%-50% of the profiles on youtube are fake. Fake location and fake age. You get an idea about how fake they are just by looking at the comments people leave and their respective age on their profile. it doesnt match.

Furthermore, there was a demographic survey last year which said that under 18s only made up about 12-13% of youtube users. This is complete nonsense of course. You only have to look at the most viewed top 100 list to see the types of videos that make the list. They're all videos for the teen market. so obvious they've got it all wrong. I would guess that the 0-21 age group makes up about 66% of youtube users.

ajc, we are not mandating the use of PebblePAD; it...

2008-07-09T14:10:00.000+01:00

ajc, we are not mandating the use of PebblePAD; it's there as an optional tool for students to use although, admittedly, some tutors, including myself, are using it for module summative assessment. Students still have that element of choice you mention as they can point to other Web 2.0 tools, eg they could provide a link to a blog on Blogger; use photos from Flickr or embed a YouTube video if they wished. In my mind using PebblePAD is similar to a tutor saying we expect a paper portfolio to be presented in a ring binder with a table of contents etc etc; we're just providing the ring binder in the form of PebblePAD and what students choose to put in it is their decision.

Jo - PebblePad does have the potential for supporting lifelong learning albeit at a price; however, everything in PebblePad is easily exported in a fairly accessible format. Having those potentials satisfied our requirements. We'll be evaluating the take up of these options.

Ruth - will your students still have access to peb...

2008-07-08T21:58:00.000+01:00

Ruth - will your students still have access to pebble accounts on graduation? Promotion of life long learning was one of the goals of our PLE project and without asking the students for money, this wasn't an option for us with PebblePad.

Ruth, PebblePad is also predominantly tutor/instit...

2008-07-08T18:50:00.000+01:00

Ruth, PebblePad is also predominantly tutor/institutionally controlled - the students didn't sign a 5 year contract with PebblePad, and by doing so and mandating it's use, the University has taken away the element of choice with is so important in embedding PDP.

Being one of those who talked the talk, I believe ...

2008-07-08T16:05:00.000+01:00

Being one of those who talked the talk, I believe that having piloted both Blackboard and PebblePAD’s e-portfolio systems with students, I have also walked the walk. In my experience, students engaged far more readily with PebblePAD than BIackboard’s e-portfolio. You appear to miss the point that Blackboard is predominantly tutor/institutionally controlled with students, in the main, being granted access to its components, ie the tutor determines whether they shall be able to access a blog. PebblePAD, on the other hand, is very much a student’s personal space that allows them to choose what they want to create and/or share with whom wish. I, therefore, dispute your comment that “PebblePad is looking like Blackboard all over again” because IMHO PebblePAD is far more in keeping with Web 2.0 functionality. It may not offer the flexibility of your approach; however, it ticked all the boxes for our e-portfolio pilot study, and makes supporting it manageable. I’d also echo Neil’s view that the support from PebblePAD is great and far more accessible than that of Blackboard.

"It was frustrating to hear people giving damning ...

2008-07-08T13:25:00.000+01:00

"It was frustrating to hear people giving damning staff and student views of Blackboard, then immediately say "And we've just signed up for five years with PebblePad". PebblePad is looking like Blackboard all over again."
Putting this into context, the damning staff views were from those who work most closely with Blackboard and get frustrated with the support we get from them. Students are generally happy about it but then they would be happy with anything similar. PebblePAD is not always the best tool but for the moment at least they give us good support.
I think your projects idea of a loosely coupled e-portfolio based on various tools is a good one and something I have toyed with myself.

There's also the thing about staying ahead of the ...

2008-06-10T01:09:00.000+01:00

There's also the thing about staying ahead of the curve, so the signal/noise remains high. You just have to be careful to remember that early-adopterness is a self-reinforcing habit.

Thanks Jean-Claude - you can read about the outcom...

2008-06-09T14:49:00.000+01:00

Thanks Jean-Claude - you can read about the outcomes here!

Congratulations on the funding! This should gener...

2008-06-09T14:21:00.000+01:00

Congratulations on the funding! This should generate some very interesting findings.

Have you seen...http://www.tiil.us/seesmicsearch3-...

2008-06-07T18:59:00.000+01:00

Have you seen...
http://www.tiil.us/seesmicsearch
3-D picview is neat
Also
http://searchmic.com/Searchmic

The TidBITS post makes the point that the iTunes s...

2008-06-07T12:41:00.000+01:00

The TidBITS post makes the point that the iTunes store is the success it is not only because of pricing, but also because of functionality. It has to be easier to buy legit media than to pirate. The restrictions that some academic publishers put on content are a case in point, which in large part is what the edupunk thing has been about.

I'm always of the thought that piracy and sharing ...

2008-06-07T10:16:00.000+01:00

I'm always of the thought that piracy and sharing digital media will never go away. No matter what methods or control chips you hope will stop this from happening, it'll be short-lived.

The problem I think that companies don't look at ways they can monetize an otherwise illegal activity, rather than getting all annoyed and earning nothing for it. One thing I'll admit to doing is watching a streamed movie/tv series rather than torrenting it. The main reason is that my time is precious, so when I'm in the mood to watch something - I want to watch it there and then. Torrenting is too slow for me, and I don't like thinking ahead as to what I might like to watch later...

An area that companies could build on is offering cheap dedicated streams of their shows that I can watch straight away for a very small fee. If I was presented the option to search endlessly for a good stream of a movie or tv show, or pay about 20p a 20min episode or a £1 for a movie - I would probably give that a go.

Companies need to stop trying to stop pirates, just find a way to beat them at their own game and beat the current piracy system.

If you think that was bad Brian takes my comment a...

2008-06-05T13:46:00.000+01:00

If you think that was bad Brian takes my comment about feeling like a middle aged man wearing leather trousers and uses the US translation of pants http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/
Now that leather pants would necessitate therapy.

As far as I'm concerned, disseminating knowledge w...

2008-06-04T19:15:00.000+01:00

As far as I'm concerned, disseminating knowledge within the academic community is a worthwhile objective. I gave up on "hip" decades ago ;-)

A nice clear video. Have you heard about this new ...

2008-06-04T17:48:00.000+01:00

A nice clear video. Have you heard about this new string theory model with 2 dimensions?

looks interesting, but isnt it a bit "formal"? heh...

2008-06-04T09:25:00.000+01:00

looks interesting, but isnt it a bit "formal"? hehe, you know when teachers try to be "hip" with new tech ;)

I am happy to know that I am not alone...htpp//bio...

2008-06-03T23:05:00.000+01:00

I am happy to know that I am not alone...

htpp//biochemistryquestions.wordpress.com

Gawker: http://gawker.sourceforge.net/

2008-06-03T12:14:00.000+01:00

Gawker: http://gawker.sourceforge.net/

Clever...so not much, then?? B-)See you got your ...

2008-06-03T12:11:00.000+01:00

Clever...so not much, then?? B-)

See you got your stop-frame Apple thingie working then?

Pretty funny....http://www.geekculture.com/joyofte...

2008-06-02T19:42:00.000+01:00

Pretty funny....

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1111.html

What annoys me about the commentary around this - ...

2008-06-02T11:55:00.000+01:00

What annoys me about the commentary around this - including that THE article, which is terrible this way - is that the overwhelming majority of the work in peer review isn't unpaid. It's just not paid by the journal or the author.

Almost everyone who does paper reviewing is being paid a full-time salary by an employer, usually (though definitely not always) a university. It's part of what one's expected - and paid - to do as a research-active academic.

That's not to say there aren't arguments about prioritisation and workload. But that holds for all sorts of things.

Thank god, I thought I was the only one! I have al...

2008-05-31T01:09:00.000+01:00

Thank god, I thought I was the only one! I have always thought I was a major loser because I can't do mind maps. There must be hope for me after all!