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VIDCASTING
screencasts for mobile video-
enabled devices
TYPES OF INSTRUCTION IN ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES
One shot session
Embedded Librarian (several sessions or team
teaching)
Online only
Hybrid - Online and In person
WHY PODCAST INSTRUCTION?
Instruction can be done over a period of weeks
rather than in just in one session
Students can view at any time even “on the go”
Students can review previous instruction
sessions
Technology more appealing to them
HISTORY RESEARCH CLASS INSTRUCTION
SPRING 2007 (HOW WE FIRST STARTED)
One shot session with additional screencast
tutorials through Blackboard Vista
Screencasts helpful, but students needed a way
to ask questions after viewing
Some students preferred having audio added to
screencasts
Short answer quizzes would have been better
than multiple choice
WORLD LITERATURE 2 LIBRARY PODCAST
PILOT – SPRING 2008
Library instruction delivered as a Podcast over the course
of 8 weeks
1-2 “episodes” per week
Students subscribed to Podcast feed through iTunes
Formats delivered via Podcast feed: optimized screencasts
(mp4), video (mp4), audio (mp3), “enhanced” Podcast (m4a)
Short written assignments given to reinforce/verify
students’ understanding of material presented
Librarians met with students mid-semester to answer
questions and assess students’ satisfaction with the
delivery medium
ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENT LEARNING
STYLES
Active/Reflective
Sensing
Visual/Verbal
Sequential
PRE- AND POST-TESTS
What skills and knowledge did students have at
the beginning of the semester?
What did they learn after the podcast
instruction?
How did they apply what they learned in the
podcast instruction?
PRE/POST-TEST QUESTIONS
1. What is the difference between popular and scholarly
information sources and give two examples of each?
2. List two databases found through the Burritt Library
website where you could find articles or criticism about
literature or poetry.
3. List three ways you can tell if a website is authoritative or
not.
4. From the Burritt Library website, what would you use to
find a book or video about Charlotte Bronte?
5. On which floor of the Burritt Library would you find
reference sources?
PRE AND POST TEST PERCENTAGE SCORES
? C P C W
1 2% 58% 40%
2 0 30% 70%
3 18% 34% 48%
4 22% 2% 76%
5 26% 0 74%
? C P C W
1 25% 50% 25%
2 53.9% 33.3% 12.8%
3 35% 30.8% 34.2%
4 64.1% 2.6% 33.3%
5 71.8% 0 28.2%
Pre test – 50 students
c=correct, p c=partially correct,
w=wrong
Post test – 38 studentsc=correct, p c=partially correct, w=wrong
VIDEO GADGET COMPARISON
Features Zune 80gb iPod Classic 80gb iPod Touch 8gb &
iPhone
Sony PSP
Display size
(inches)
3.2 2.5 3.5 4.3
Screen
resolution
320 x 240 320 x 240 480 x 320 480 x 272
Audio Support WMA,
protected
WMA, WMA
Lossless,
MP3, MP3
VBR, AAC
(expected)
AAC, protected AAC,
MP3, MP3 VBR,
Audible, Apple lossless,
WAV, and AIFF
AAC, protected AAC,
MP3, MP3 VBR,
Audible, Apple lossless,
WAV, and AIFF
AAC, MP3,
ATRAC3plus, WAV
(Linear PCM), WMA
(Windows Media Audio
9 Standard)
Video Support WMV, H.264,
MPEG-4
H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4, AVI
IN SUMMATION…
MP3 encoded audio
H.264/MPEG-4 video
320 x 240 screen resolution
PRODUCTION SOFTWARE
Screencasts Captivate (Adobe, Windows), iShowU (ShinyWhiteBox, Mac), Camtasia
(TechSmith, Windows), Camstudio (Windows, Free), Wink
(DebugMode,Windows/Linux, Free), ProfCast (Mac)
Video Conversion
(Encoding)
Utilities
AVS Video Converter, YASA Video Converter, Moyea SWF to Video Converter,
Videora, Movavi Online (web), Zamzar (web)
Audio Editing Audacity (Windows, free), GarageBand (Mac)
Video Editing FinalCut Pro (Mac), iMovie (Mac), PowerDirector (Windows), Quicktime Pro
(Mac/Windows)
Feed Generation DYI, Podcast blaster feed generator (free), Feedburner SmartCast,
Dreamweaver, iWeb (Mac), FeedFor All
SHOCKWAVE FILE (SWF) TO IPOD IN 3
EASY STEPS
WHAT IS A POD/VID/VODCAST?
RSS + MP3 = PODCAST
RSS and (MP* or M4*)
SETTING UP THE FEED
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>English 204 Library Research Skills Podcast, Central CT State University</title>
<link>http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/</link>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>℗ & © 2008 Central CT State University</copyright>
<itunes:subtitle>Library podcasts to accompany English 204, spring 2008</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Elihu Burritt Library</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary>This series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to library resources and services.</itunes:summary>
<description>Do you ever have trouble getting started with the research for a paper or project? This series of podcasts will show you how to conduct research quickly and
efficiently using the library's resources and services.
</description>
<itunes:owner>
<itunes:name>Debbie Herman</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>[email protected]</itunes:email>
</itunes:owner>
<itunes:image href="http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/eng204/burritt-library.jpg" />
<itunes:category text="Education">
<itunes:category text="Training"/>
</itunes:category>
<item>
<title>Take a Tour of the Burritt Library</title>
<itunes:author>Elihu Burritt Library</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Episode 1</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Matt and Susan will take you on a tour of the Burritt Library.</itunes:summary>
<enclosure url="http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/eng204/library-tour-enhanced.m4a" length="5476193" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<guid>http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/archive/eng204-1.m4a</guid>
<pubDate>15 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>9:49</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>library, tours</itunes:keywords>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
URL: http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/eng204/eng204.xml
VIE
WIN
GIN
ITU
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XML SNIPPET
<title>English 204 Library Research Skills Podcast, Central CT State University</title>
<link>http://library.ccsu.edu/about/podcasts/</link>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>℗ & © 2008 Central CT State University</copyright>
<itunes:subtitle>Library podcasts to accompany English 204, spring 2008</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Elihu Burritt Library</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary>This series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to library resources and services.</itunes:summary>
<description>Do you ever have trouble getting started with the research for a paper or project? This series of podcasts will show you how to conduct research quickly and efficiently using the library's resources and services.
</description>
<itunes:owner>
BLOGLINES EXAMPLE
FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS
1. How many of you …
Loaded the podcasts onto your own iPod?
Accessed the podcasts through iTunes on your
computer?
Accessed the podcasts through the link on the webpage?
Accessed the podcasts on the iPod at the library?
2. How did you like the podcasts/tutorials? What did you
like about them?
3. What did you dislike about them? Do you have any
suggestions of how they could have been done differently
or better?
4. What kinds of technical problems did you have if any?
FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS CONTINUED
5. Which podcasts did you like best – video, databases
tutorials, audio or a combination?
6. Would you have preferred that they be more interactive
(i.e. trying some of your own searches)?
7. Would you prefer to get this kind of instruction online or in
person? Why?
8. After viewing and listening to these podcasts, how many of
you feel more comfortable using the library’s resources?
9. After the podcasts do you feel more comfortable visiting the
library and/or asking for help using library resources?
FUTURE PODCAST INSTRUCTION
Freshman Learning Communities course in fall
2008
Podcasts/tutorials/video available through
Blackboard Vista
Make better use of library instruction time if
podcasts are viewed before visit to library
VIDCASTING RESOURCES
http://del.icio.us/debbie.herman/cil2008
THANK YOU!
Debbie Herman
Digital Resources Librarian
Central CT State University
[email protected] Susan Slaga
Reference Librarian
Central CT State University
