A collaborative project between Cornwall College and four secondary school across Cornwall.

1. Molenet Through Cornwall
Julia Dando
Cornwall College

2. Molenet 1
• 5 partners
• Devices included:
o UMPC’s (Asus eeePC and Stone UMPC)
o Nintendo DS
o HTC Titan II

3. Molenet 1
• Improvement in motivation and
engagement
• Couldn’t clearly attribute to
improvement in performance and
achievement

4. Molenet 2
• 3 partners
• Is it possible to improve performance and
achievement as a direct result of using mobile
technology? and how easy is it to embed into the
curriculum?
• Focussed specifically on the use of video as a
teaching and learning tool.

5. Molenet 2

6. Molenet 2
• Video – what a mine field!
o Which device? What’s it purpose? How will it be
viewed? (Quality, durability, size, complexity)
o What media does it use? (SD, HDD, Memory stick, etc)
o What format does it record in?
o What format does your editing software use?
o How big is the file?
o How long will it take?

7. Molenet 2
Problem number 1
Records in Mpeg2
Do your students have
sufficient security permissions
to download to the machines?

8. Molenet 2
Problem number 2
Problem number 1
Records in Mpeg2
Does your camera prompt to
Do your students have
use it’s own software?
sufficient security permissions
to download to issues?
Licence the machines?

9. Molenet 2
Problem number 3
MS Moviemaker on XP won’t
work with Mpeg2 – avi or wmv
folks.

10. Molenet 2
Rumours and myths
Problem number 3
“.....but I’ve used mpeg2 in MM...”
MS Moviemaker on XP won’t
“cool – please show me”
“oh....it doesn’t seem to work now....but it did....honest”
work with Mpeg2 – avi or wmv
folks.

11. Molenet 2
• Convert it to another format........................
o Super: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
o Prism: http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html

12. Molenet 2
Converting is a slow process and an extra step in the
workflow. I don’t want to convert it. I want to work with
mpeg2 straight from my camera.
http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html

13. Videopad
Clunky and not as easy to use as
MM. Some sync problems during
the editing process.
Usable.....just.
Is compatible with many formats.

14. Rumours and myths
“.....yeah....you should just use a mac – it’s
really easy with iMovie...all your dreams will
come true”
Extract from Sony Website:
When the camera is detected, movie thumbnails and the Import window
appear. If the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is full, it may take 1.5 hours.
It can take several minutes to over an hour for iMovie to import the video and
generate thumbnail images of each clip, depending on how many minutes of
video you have.

15. Streaming Server
Molenet 2 stream (hopefully) in a continuous
Converts to a suitable format and delivers
Future Proofing and redevelopment projects
(what are your plans for the next 10 years?)
CISCO – Digital Media Server (DMS)
phpMotion – privacy issues
Ostube – so far, so good
The big question – who sees what?

16. Molenet 2
• What about the good stuff?
• What about the pedagogy?
Can Performance and achievement be
improved as a direct result of using mobile
learning?
How easy is it to embed the use of mobile
learning into the curriculum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgG9l27NASQ&feature=player_embedded

17. Molenet 2
• Performance and achievement can be improved as
a direct result of using mobile learning technologies.
• It is possible and relatively easy to embed the use of
mobile learning technologies into the curriculum.
• It is sustainable.