videoaktiv

We are delighted to announce our involvement in a new initiative called EduTubePlus which will create a European curriculum related video library and hybrid e-services for the pedagogical exploitation of video in classrooms. This initiative, supported under the European Commission's eContentPlus Programme will start in September and is being led by the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute in Greece. ATiT has a specific role to manage the pilot implementation of these services in schools through setting up and managing several integrated learning activities designed to exploit the available resources. This builds on other work carried out by the ATiT team including workshops and training activities held in the context of VideoAktiv and eSTREAM. EduTubePlus involves partners in France, UK, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Finland and Germany.

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the creation and use of web-accessed digital video and audio throughout the education sector. The pedagogical vision is clear: only when video and audio have become routine components of education and e-learning will we have an educational environment that reflects the media-rich world in which we now live. The VideoAktiv Handbook on Digital Video and Audio in Education is designed to assist in creating and using audio and video material for educational purposes. This handbook is one of the products of the VideoAktiv Project, and available also from the VideoAktiv website, where you will find additional useful resources on the use of video in higher and further education. Print copies can be obtained by sending an email to videoaktiv@atit.be.

On April 6 and 7 2006, ATiT participated in the VideoAktiv Project Meeting held at the University of Groningen. During the meeting the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Universiteit Groningen demonstrated their jointly developed VideoAktiv workshop. The VideoAktiv team also visited the CAVE. The most important objective of the VideoAktiv project in the immediate future is the work on the handbook and the VideoAktiv website.

From 26th to 28th October ATiT participated in Glasgow to the first VideoAktiv project meeting. VideoAktiv is a European project recently approved by the European Commission under the Minerva programme which aims at familiarising teaching staff in higher education with digital video and audio, and in particular with streaming media.