Vision Statement
To engage, challenge, and nurture faculty in appropriate uses of educational technologies so they can prepare students for leadership in an information society.
The ITS Showcase
Each month we highlight an example of how technology is being used for teaching and learning at Seattle Pacific University. This month we highlight our work with Andrew Lumpe, Professor of Education
Utilizing Lecture Capture Technologies: Camtasia Relay
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Professor Andrew Lumpe worked with ITS Director David Wicks to create digital audio/visual presentations for online courses that use a minimalist approach to focus student attention on main ideas. Prof. Lumpe storyboarded 10-15 minute presentations focusing on the major themes for the instructional module. Using PowerPoint, he created a presentation of 10-15 slides based on the storyboard. Each slide contained a key phrase or words related to the topic. He used Creative Commons to locate high quality images for inclusion on each slide. He then used Camtasia Relay software and a microphone to record an audio/visual presentation. The presentation was saved as MP3 and MP4 files which were made accessible to students via Blackboard and iTunes U.
One of the key benefits of sharing content in this format was that the students were able to focus on the main ideas presented and avoid being distracted by minutia. This was evident in the discussion threads, formative assessment blogs, and in the final project where students applied the main ideas without as much outside assistance as observed in previous quarters.
Prof. Lumpe now uses this strategy with on-campus courses and has found that students pay more attention to the presentations.
Andrew Lumpe, Professor of Education
“The first few sessions Prof. Lumpe used auditory presentation for lecture portion, but as the class went on he provided auditory and visual presentation for lecture. Both modalities for learning was great.” - Student
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