Tuesday, September 18, 2007

HCI and Video Streaming

I have been compiling a short list of ideas connecting video streaming with HCI. They are divided into three areas: Why Video Streaming, HCI Connection, and Educational Connections. This is not intended to be a complete list but rather to start a discussion and offer a direction for HCI and video streaming.

Why video streaming
• On demand – watch it when you can/want/need to
• Repeatable – watch as often as you like
• Segmented – view a lot or view a little
• Transportable – move the video to different sources, expand on the information, annotate it, combine it with other things, capture it and take it with you

HCI Connection
• Facilitate streaming – beyond fast connections and fast servers
• Make it searchable – search the video to any point like searching a document
• Make it intuitive – focus on why we chose video

Educational Connections
• Video and learning
• Just-in-time learning
• Lesson enhancement
• Standards based
• Familiar medium/format
• Pacing
• Information

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