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  • A Vision & Framework for Human-Centered Learning Environments

    A Vision & Framework for Human-Centered Learning Environments

    Dr. Bernard Bull Industrial Age Learning Priorities Standardization & Uniformity Mass production & scale Efficiency & Order Quantification & Measurement Centralized Power & Authoritarianism Mechanization & Automation Technology (applied scientific knowledge) https://twitter.com/kfrisch/status/1226864100757647360All of these priorities are incapable of infusing “oxygen” into our learning contexts. Proposed list of alternative priorities Adventure & quests Agency & action…

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  • Managing Digital Overwhelm with Mediasite

    UMass Lowell is currently using 2 systems, Mediasite and Echo360. Through the charts and screenshots that the presenter presented, there are a lot of similarities in the core features/functionalities between both products. There are some differences, what seems to be mostly in the IP camera support between Mediasite/Echo360. One of the things that came out…

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  • Integrating Mediasite with Your LMS

    Ability to manage content from within the LMS – this was something new to me. I knew that instructors could add videos into their courses, but the screenshot below shows that instructors can actually access/use MyMediasite within the LMS also. In addition to embedding individual videos, there is also the ability to add a collection/catalog…

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  • Increase Mediasite Adoption with Effective Training

    Increasing adoption Users want to use it Answer “what’s in it for me?” Change management Effective training Users learn how to use it Correlated to adoption Skill & knowledge Ways to create more effective training Define the problem Find the root cause Adult learning is problem-centered & relevant to the job Creating Objectives Audience (ex:…

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  • 365 Days with Mediasite – What a Difference a Year Makes!

    This session is a panel of several Mediasite users at various institutions, providing an overview of their own needs, testing, evaluations, etc. from the last year of using Mediasite. Cuyahoga Community College Students have access to Mediasite Desktop Recorder on lab/public computers. Recording hardware is installed in select classrooms Students at Tri-C have the ability…

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  • Mediasite Intermediate Bootcamp

    Mediasite Players vs. Templates Players are how the audience interacts with the video Templates define default capture settings & information Templates allow live and/or on-demand access Templates can set auto-discard after “x” days Schedules Mediasite has the ability to allow schedules by which the recording automatically begins. This would require hardware installed in each of…

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