narrowcasting 101:

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Narrowcasting 101:

Using Blogs, Podcasts, and Videoblogs in Higher Education

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Who we are

• Cyprien Lomas• ELI Scholar in Residence and

Director, The Learning Centre, Faculty of Land & Food Systems

• University of British Columbia (UBC)

• Nicholas S. Noakes• Associate Director, Center for Enhanced

Learning and Teaching (CELT)• Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology (HKUST)

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Learning Spaces

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Learning Spaces LMS

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Learning Spaces LMS

Blended Learning

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Learning Spaces LMS

Blended LearningePortfolios

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Student Created

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Fit into emerging practices

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The 2005 Horizon Report

Time-to-Adoption:

One Year or Less

Time-to-Adoption:

Two to Three Years

Time-to-Adoption:

Four to Five Years

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Narrowcasting

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• Narrow - personal and specialized/niche content production

• Casting - personalized choice / subscription - distribution via RSS 2.0 (enclosures) - RSS fits into the consumer control trend that's sweeping the media world

Narrow - Casting

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History 1.2

content transport player

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Current 1.1

content transport player

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Consuming vs. Creating

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How do we make sure we serve Higher Education?

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6160.html

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Deeper Learning Principles

• Ownership

• Engagement

• Social

• Contextual

• Active-Carmean & Haefner (2002)

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HE & Narrowcasting – Why?

• Student created

• Learner choices

• Mobile

• Ownership

• Social

• Active

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Learning Spaces LMS

BlendedePortfolios

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Creation

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Creation

Orchestration

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Creation

OrchestrationRemix

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??? Creation

OrchestrationRemix

21st Century literacy

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It’s about content

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It’s about content

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It’s about It’s about relevantrelevant content content

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Social Bookmarking

• Tag what you consume

• Tag what you create

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•Tagging

•Folksonomies

•Smart Searching

It’s about relevant content

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Conclusions

• The ‘New voicemail’• Ease of creation• Smarter organization of data• Richer Media

– Literacy– Authentic locations– New spaces for learning

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• http://landfood.jot.com/Narrowcasting

• http://del.icio.us/HorizonVCOP/Narrowcasting

• http://www.horizonvcop.org

• nick.noakes@ust.hk / clomas@educause.edu

It’s about relevant content

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Thanks:

• Ruben Puentedura, Hippasus

• Wayne Brent, U Arizona

• Educause, NMC, ELI

• Horizon VCOP