Shortlist 1c

From Horizon Project

2008 Short List [edit] Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less Webware Collaborative Workspaces Simple Video Capture and Sharing Community Tagging [edit] Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years Mobile Geotagging Socially-Centered Virtual Worlds Scholarly Mashups [edit] Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years Collective Intelligence Social Operating Systems Open Education Resources Alternative Interaction Devices [edit] Key Trends Growing use of Web 2.0 and social networking tools is changing our ideas of scholarly contribution and community Increasing globalization continues to affect the way we work, collaborate, and communicate The notions of collective intelligence and mass amateurization are pushing the boundaries of scholarship As the amount and variety of content increases, it is becoming more difficult to filter the noise to find the signal Smaller, more powerful devices are offering increased access and portability The gap between students’ perception of technology and that of faculty continues to grow The environment of higher education continues to change, with a growing trend toward open innovation [edit] Critical Challenges Academic review and faculty rewards are increasingly out of sync with new forms of scholarship Assessment of new forms of work continues to present a challenge to educators and peer reviewers There are significant shifts taking place in scholarship, research, creative expression, and learning, and a need for innovation and leadership at all levels of the academy There is a growing need for formal instruction in 21st-century literacies, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy Higher education is facing a growing expectation to deliver services, content and media to mobile and personal devices The renewed emphasis on collaborative learning is pushing the educational community to develop new forms of interaction and assessment

Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less

[edit] Simple Video Capture and Sharing

Video is well established as a popular means of communication. Short clips are easy to capture, edit, and share, thanks to devices like digital cameras and phones and web-based editing and sharing applications. In January 2007 alone, 7.2 billion videos were viewed online by nearly 123 million Americans—70 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience (ComScore, May 2007, http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1264). Video is as easy to post to the Internet as text; authors no longer need to create three different formats of their video—sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, Viddler, or Blip.tv accept a variety of formats, and handle the conversion and distribution once the video is uploaded. FixMyMovie (http://www.fixmymovie.com) enhances the quality of digital video online, and communities such as Cruxy (http://cruxy.com/) offer outlets for distribution.

It is easy to find short clips on all kinds of topics, from educational materials to personal stories to amateur music and cinema. Universities are turning to services like YouTube and iTunes U to host their video content—from small segments on specific topics to full lectures—online, often offering them to the public free of charge. Hosting services even provide institutional “channels” where content can be collected and branded with the institution’s look.

[edit] Relevance for Teaching, Learning & Creative Expression

• Faculty can produce short clips to explain specific topics, or record whole lectures.
• Students can easily work in multimedia and produce video papers and projects.
• Amateur cinematographers and musicians can use hosting sites to reach a broader audience.

[edit] Examples

• MIT Tech TV makes it easy for the MIT community to find and share video related to science, technology, or the community: http://techtv.mit.edu/
• Princeton University archives events and lectures: http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/
• The University of New South Wales offers free videos of many of its courses on its own YouTube channel: http://au.youtube.com/user/unsw
• In a new media studies class at Pitzer College, students investigate what can be learned from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/group/learningfromyoutube

[edit] For Further Reading

On YouTube, No Enrollment Caps (Andy Guess, Inside Higher Ed, October 4, 2007) This article describes the University of California, Berkeley’s course offerings on YouTube and compares them to content available on iTunes U and on Berkeley’s internal video portal. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/04/youtube

Video Toolbox 150+ Online Video Tools and Resources (Mashable Team, Mashable, June 27, 2007) This is a comprehensive, annotated list of online video creation, editing, and sharing tools. http://mashable.com/2007/06/27/video-toolbox/

Virginia Tech Launches First Major University YouTube Contest (Mark Owczarski, Virginia Tech News, February 28, 2007) This news announcement describes a competition for YouTube videos hosted by Virginia Tech. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=109

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[edit] Discussion

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