E-Learning in UCD Library: Collaboration Across the University
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Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, College Liaison Librarian, and Dr. Síofra Pierse, Senior Lecturer, French and Francophone Studies, UCD School of Languages and Literatures, at the University College Dublin EdTECx Talks, UCD campus, Dublin, Ireland, 19th & 20th March, 2015.
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E-Learning in UCD Library: Collaboration Across the University
- 1. eLearning in UCD Library – Collaborative Creation Across the University Jenny Collery College Liaison Librarian, College of Arts & Celtic Studies Dr. Síofra Pierse Senior Lecturer, French and Francophone Studies, School of Languages and Literatures siofra .pierse@ucd.ie jenny.collery@ucd.ie @jennmcoll
- 2. UCD Media Services Bord na Gaeilge UCD IT Tallaght Library UCD Library James Joyce Library Virtual Tour UCD Writing Centre Thinking Critically School of Languages & Literatures
- 10. analysis & interpretation=> learning
- 12. Image courtesy of Mandy Jansen on Flickr Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/drh/122265467
- 13. http://libguides.ucd.ie/languages/french French Media Sources Video hosted on Library’s Subject Guides
- 15. Image Courtesy of Art Deviant Available at http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/046/5/4/Walking_Kid___WIP_walk_Cycle_by_Aleister_Crowley.jpg
- 18. Image courtesy of Blese on Flickr Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/drh/122265467 Seeds of Turing’s Machine
- 20. “Talking on the Jeejah”, courtesy of Trey Ratcliff, Flickr Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3977296146
- 21. Questions? Jenny Collery College Liaison Librarian University College Dublin Library jenny.collery@ucd.ie Dr. Síofra Pierse Senior Lecturer French & Francophone Studies School of Languages & Literatures University College Dublin siofra.pierse@ucd.ie
Editor's Notes
- Today, Dr Pierse, Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies and I are going to talk about a specific multimedia project we are working on to support 1st year students of French Grammar and Expression. I will talk a bit more generally about other projects I have worked on with partners across and outside the university. Lego images from http://pixabay.com/en/building-block-lego-brick-toy-148066/
- Creation of online learning objects to support the teaching and learning UCD’s Colleges is one pillar of the Library’s Teaching and Learning Support Strategy. To this end I have had been partnered with Media Services on a Virtual Tour of the James Joyce Library, UCD Writing Centre, on a Critical Thinking Tutorial I created, IT Tallaght and Bord na Gaeilge, UCD on an Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorials, in English and as Gaeilge, and this final project which Síofra is going to introduce.
- The Library’s Subject Guides are webpages, developed by College Liaison Librarians like me to give first year, or new students basic subject specific information on using the library, information resources, book and journals, referencing and citation etc. These are hosted on the Library’s website, can be linked to in Blackboard and also have the functionality to be fully embedded in blackboard. There is a special page on the Languages and Literatures Subject Guide dedicated to French media sources. This is where this series of videos are to be hosted.
- The STEPS we took for this project were that firstly, Síofra to recorded 3 of the French Lecteurs on her iPad. I came along to the first recordings, but really, I wasn’t needed so she progressed with that. She then sent me the recording as MP4 files along with a full written script of what each French Lecteur says (a much needed aide). I used Adobe Captivate 8 to create a video simulation. For the other projects mentioned I used Articulate Storyline. My colleagues James Molloy and Diarmuid Stokes are going to talk about that on Friday afternoon.
- So, here is an example of the Newspapers Video, Lex Journaux. Completing one and finishing off to a high standard was good for showing Síofra what the end product looked like, but did cause problems. Implementing edits on changing websites can mean having to re-do whole sections. So we have changed the approach for Radio and TV. Síofra has gone through each of the transcripts and indicated what she wants highlighted and when, so that I can go and do the work all in one block and have the main pieces in there.
- Abode Captivate is good for this type of video demonstration. Once you get used to the interface, menu bars and structure it is easy enough to use. It has very good possibility around device responsive design. For a video simulation like this, you open Captivate, record what you are doing on screen, and then edit it afterwards, embedding the video. Finally you can publish it either for local hosting or directly onto YouTube (as I did), the embed the YouTube video into a webspace. You can see the menus are at the top, a set of slides on the side and then the mouse and screens are in the centre. Interactive text boxes, quizzes, audio, video etc. can all be added.
- The biggest challenge in this project is matching the timing of what the person is saying to the mouse clicks in a manner in which the screen does not “jump” too quickly from one source to another. Captivate talks about Key Frames, a concept originally used in cartoons. Which means making sure changes between slides are gradual enough to ensure movement is seamless.
- This is the dialog box where the video can be edited. You can see here there is a timeline presented at the top. This can be magnified or decreased and you can set, Alice in this case, to speak about a certain thing, while certain slides are playing. When published then Captivate will make the slides all appear like a seamless video demonstration.
- Another issue, occurred where the video periodically disappeared from a slide and reappeared a second later. This is related to the synching the on-screen clicks to the video and can be fixed by using the menu bar to the bottom of each slide. But you are restricted to having a slide on for a certain recommended minimum time, again to avoid jumping. Alice has a long list of Radio stations and speaks very quickly, so because of this minimum time allowed per slide, I will have to be selective about what can be clicked into on-screen. The Newspapers video is being used by students now and all three will be used for Semester 1 in 2015.
- I would not call the work high-tech, more fiddly-tech. We focused on function over design. Síofra’s main objective was to excite the attention of media saturated learners in an interactive and engaging way, to provide something over and above a flat page with links. Diane Cashman, came to advise the eLearning group at the beginning of our work two years ago and not spending too much time on making something perfect was a key bit of advice I can remember. Especially relevant on this project, as we are working with websites and interfaces that will change from day to day.
- I’d say, certainly this is something anyone could do with basic training, time and patience. The online support for Articulate Storyline is a lot better than for Captivate, but, for this type of thing, the Internet is great. Entering a “How do you…” question in Google will either get you to the right Captivate training video or some sort of discussion board where the question has been answered. You do need to be resourceful, set time aside. It took approximately five days for me to create one. Which is probably very slow as I was learning. I’d hope the next one would be a lot quicker. You also need to be able to set time aside in bulk. It is not something you can dip in and out of.
- So DON’T be a HERMIT - If you have are curious or have ideas about creating learning objects to support your courses I would recommend investigating who on campus you can speak to about your ideas and work with. We can in the Library, Teaching and Learning have expertise on instructional design, and Media Services have been very helpful in providing training and I am sure there are colleagues in each of the schools who have probably already created something. You might get ideas or help from them.