So this is an incredibly rough cut of how videos could work on a site like this…
ThePBLshow Pilot Episode/Demo from John Ellis on Vimeo.
Although it is a rushed production it does show the capability is there to:
- Use greenscreen technology, effectively making it possible to teach the heart inside the heart.
- Make these videos in the first place
- Create some effects that are infeasible elsewhere- as seen you could alter sound effects to simulate different sorts of hearing problems- we’re talking about the ONLY teaching medium with the combined ability to be cheaply produced, tailored to fit it’s audience AND artificially alter the users experience by controlling their senses of hearing and vision!
It’s quite obvious that the timing and editting would be changed, however time constraints meant I couldn’t put together anything else in the time available- however if I were to continue this I would spend some money to get the Adobe Master Collection, allowing:
- Real professional quality video (Adobe make the software used in all sorts of Hollywood productions)
- A redesigned website (created from the ground up, made in collaboration with the University if possible)
- PDFs with video images (looks and reads like a book but pictures and diagrams can be clicked to view movies- potentially brilliant for Clinical Skills)- example
- Create FLASH movies, full interactivity too as I used to code actionscript
- Create professional graphic (the above video was created on a Mac, a terrible environment for graphics software despite what people say)- The pack includes Photoshop, the industry standard
- Cleaned up audio
Users would then be able to:
- Watch directly on the site (like you can above)
- Download via Bittorrent (meaning low costs)
- Subscribe via Miro, Zune or Itunes - and get shows automatically on their PC as they’re released
- Watch shows on Ipods, Zunes or other compatible MP3 players or software
- Make comments and discuss videos on the site
In the end the goal would be to create energetic and engaging content, something closer to What You Ought To Know.
This small video below is a demonstration of Seesmic, the video collaboration tool I plan to use on thePBLsite.com, allowing communication between users and hopefully giving them a sense of identity and worth on the site….
I encourage anybody to give replying a go, there’s no need to make an account although you can if you wish. These videos can be posted by anybody in the comments section and could hopefully encourage some of the following:
- Students sharing mnemonics and other advice
- Feedback on videos and other posts
- Discussion between users who would otherwise never communicate
Worth a try anyway.
P.S. Don’t worry, stupid looking headsets like mine are not required- my Webcam has a broken microphone though so it was my only option.