The videobooks are small videos in MP4 format that can be played on devices like the iPhone or a computer, using programs such as the QuickTime (recommended) or VLC. Mixed utterances are generated with a tool for automatic speech synthesis with text content. This format can be useful to review a chapter that was read earlier while traveling by train or bus. They are delivered in two ways: as single MP4 files and through a podcast (RSS). The podcast can be opened with an aggregator (see list of aggregators), which automatically downloads all MP4 files in the computer/mobile device to watch when we want.
Open Ed Tech 2008
module 1 - What does it mean to be educated in the 21st Century?
1.1. Foreward (16075K)
1.2. Executive Summary (33600K)
1.3. Introduction (7914K)
1.4. Learning in a technology-enabled knowledge economy (16865K)
1.5. Observations
1.5.1. Scarcity versus abundance (12061K)
1.5.2. Interview. A first-person perspective from Karl Fisch, Director of Technology, Arapahoe High School, Colorado, USA (19397K)
1.5.3. Open Education is critical to sustaining quality education (21073K)
1.5.4. Interview: Joel Greenberg, Director of Strategic Development, Learning & Teaching Solutions, Open University (19146K)
1.5.5. Access as a human right (7995K)
1.5.5.1. Standards versus standardization (19960K)
1.5.6. Interview with Paula Nirschel, founder of the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women (16832K)
1.5.7. Personalization (16333K)
1.5.7.1. Tools for Tailoring (3026K)
1.5.8. Interview with Susan Metros, Associate Vice Provost for Technology Enhanced Learning, Deputy Chief Information Officer, and Professor of Design Practice and Clinical Education at the University of Southern California (USC) (31317K)
1.5.9. Community and constraints (12069K)
1.5.9.1. The need for deeper and better partnerships (5477K)
1.5.10. Disruptive innovation and organizational change (8907K)
1.5.11. Interview. Disrupting Class co-author, Michael Horn (17194K)
1.6. Conclusion: An invitation to action (14668K)
1.7. Who took part in Open EdTech 2008?
1.7.1. Advisory Committee (3654K)
1.7.2. Participants (21096K)
1.7.3. Organizers (1574K)