Video posts of HCI research

View short videos revealing current work with HCI technologies and research at:

http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/pubs/video-reports_full_list.shtml

Enjoy!

Why streaming video?

Steaming Video

Why is streaming video so valuable?

1. The video is parsed into pieces that can be rearranged or viewed in any order necessary
2. They are available on demand and can be watched as often needed
3. The videos are portable - they can be introduced into other medium (Power Points and the like) and be taken with you to view as necessary.

So, convinced that streaming video is different from other types of video available on the web?

Discovery Education Streaming Video

Discovery Education claims to have “4,000 full-length videos segmented into 40,000 content-specific clips.” (Discovery Education, 2007) They also say that streaming video empowers educators to:
• Expand students' horizons using new multimedia content for all subjects from leading educational publishers
• Create and innovate with Assignment Builder, Quiz Center, Writing Prompt Generator, and other resources
• Save time with fast and accurate search functionality and dynamic navigation menus
• Customize and personalize lessons to different subjects, grades, and learning styles

What I think would make video more accessible to students and allow for more just-in-time learning opportunities would be a searchable video data base that is built on keywords embedded in the video itself and retrieval by time code.

Additionally, combining a massive video database like Discovery Education’s with a Music Genome Project type intelligent learnable automated music recommendation service to create a automated video service that works with learning students to offer video segments aligned with what they are currently studying.