Thursday, November 24, 2005

Harvard courses via video podcasts

Talk about "tip of the iceberg"... these videos are very well done and now being Podcast.

If you want to get an idea how iTunes or FireAnt works with long-format video, this is a good feed to explore. The subject matter is very well presented, even with the most modest production setup. There is one stationary camera, no special lighting, sound, or post production other than transcoding. I found this raw footage more engaging than most "staged" educational productions. Capturing the natural presentation seems to work nicely.

It makes me wonder what the response has been. This course is being looked at throughout the world now, and the RSS feed reports will enable the publisher to track usage as the weeks go by. It's free to watch, but you have to pay for a workbook in order to complete the course.

No wonder video production is so popular... how long will it be before every teacher thinks up new modules to publish?

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