Julia DandoCornwall College

Molenet Through Cornwall

Molenet 1

• 5 partners• Devices included:

o UMPC’s (Asus eeePC and Stone UMPC)o Nintendo DSo HTC Titan II

Molenet 1

• Improvement in motivation and engagement

• Couldn’t clearly attribute to improvement in performance and achievement

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.

Molenet 2

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?

Molenet 2

Records in Mpeg2Problem number 1Do your students have

sufficient security permissions to download to the machines?

Molenet 2

Records in Mpeg2Problem number 1Do your students have

sufficient security permissions to download to the machines?

Problem number 2Does your camera prompt to

use it’s own software? Licence issues?

Molenet 2

Problem number 3MS Moviemaker on XP won’t

work with Mpeg2 – avi or wmv folks.

Molenet 2

Problem number 3MS Moviemaker on XP won’t

work with Mpeg2 – avi or wmv folks.

Rumours and myths“.....but I’ve used mpeg2 in MM...”

“cool – please show me”“oh....it doesn’t seem to work now....but it did....honest”

Molenet 2• Convert it to another format........................

o Super: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.htmlo Prism: http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html

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

VideopadClunky and not as easy to use as MM. Some sync problems during

the editing process.Usable.....just.

Is compatible with many formats.

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.

Molenet 2Streaming Server

Converts to a suitable format and delivers in a continuous stream (hopefully)

Future Proofing and redevelopment projects(what are your plans for the next 10 years?)

CISCO – Digital Media Server (DMS)

phpMotion – privacy issuesOstube – so far, so good

The big question – who sees what?

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

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.