Video killed the radio star

Week 9

Video killed the radio star: Sourcing audio visual content

While going over the days lesson, I kept thing about this course (Web +1) and the Diploma course I have just finished. Both use the Web, in the course activities, the Diploma course use videos and links to some great sources to enhance the learning experience. I will always remember one that they linked to that is on YouTube...... take a look..... Monk needs help opening a book
The one thing I found in quite a few videos online was that the sound quality variance was quite distracting especially as I am deaf. In some cases even having the sound at maximum volume it was hard to hear.

The download speed varied from computer to computer also and being in a remote area, waiting for a 2 minute video to download in an hour makes my hair curl. But this is something unique to Australian remote areas (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, Outback Queensland and NSW) not people living in major cities.

Delving into KhanAcademy I found it very mathematical and not quite up my alley of interest (I hate maths). In actual fact I really prefer something not educationally formatted for me to learn quicker. In other words ...... "Make it fun and I'll learn"........

The Apple platform looks interesting and innovative  at iTunesU but not having an Apple anything I can't really check it out.

The various sites suggested were interesting but I think YouTube is the one I would still use daily for learning purposes. In fact YouTube EDU has a good video on English slang words, The 1 I viewed was on the word "Suck" and it described it quite well. In fact I think think I'll go back and view more of their slang words. Even though it is quite Americanized.

It was interesting looking at these sites But I think I prefer to..... Read a book

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