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Media Streaming at Matthew Boulton College. Chris Evans Manager of ILT, E-Learning and M-Learning. About Matthew Boulton College.
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Media Streaming at Matthew Boulton College Chris Evans Manager of ILT, E-Learning and M-Learning
About Matthew Boulton College Matthew Boulton is a large FE College located in the centre of Birmingham. Currently going through merger with Sutton College, the combined number of students is over 18,000. Last year a successful Molenet bid allowed the College to invest in equipment that enabled the procurement of a media streaming server.
Summary of Media streaming Project Since October 2008, Matthew Boulton College has been piloting its own internal media streaming service using VBrick technologies. This new facility has been designed so that students and staff can access ,create and display streaming media within the College
The Challenge • Similar to most Colleges, Matthew Boulton and Sutton have, over the past few years, created and collected a wealth of multimedia content - including hundreds of videos. These tend to be stored in various locations and are difficult to monitor, find or collate. Typical locations include: • VLE • Website • Intranet • Hard drives • CDs/DVDs • Memory Sticks • As video becomes increasingly important in the teaching and learning process we need to deliver anytime anywhere streaming video content. Using in-house media servers is rapidly becoming the chosen solution for many FE colleges.
On-Site multimedia Developer dedicated to supporting creation of Flash and Video for VBrick Regular staff development to support tutors in developing their own content Fully equipped Multimedia Content Creation room Multimedia Service
Excellent for scheduling and screening streaming media on the Plasma screens Used to schedule and download TV programmes Designed to be a student portal, but ….. Web 2.0 Applications are more accessible Content can’t be linked to Moodle or Web Very Expensive Pros and Cons
VBrick will continue to be used and developed to support: Marketing Promoting good Practice Celebrating Success College Communication Student Work News and Events Teaching and Learning Resource TV Recording and Scheduling Where to now for VBrick?
Develop our own portal that can be used with Moodle – similar to OurTube What about the Student portal?
chrisevans@mbc.ac.uk Any Questions?