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Tuesday - May 5, 2020
Each month, one or two news items will be posted on this page (https://www.almamaterofthenation.us/) about David Dessler's work on William & Mary topics.
Using President Rowe's "Thinking Forward" framework, Dessler has been studying video production and editing. He is setting up an informal course that will look at video editing in the context of e-learning. One implication of President Rowe's paradigm is that we are going to see massive changes in the development and use of e-learning. Videos are only one component of the process, of course, but because (i) videos are everywhere and have become an indispensable tool in business and society and (ii) they emerge from the intersection of a variety of technologies that are undergoing rapid development and fueling social and economic change, they are a good vehicle for discussing issues in higher education generally and at William & Mary specifically.
The "course" will consist of five "classes" to be held in August, September, October, November, and December. We will use websites, chat, text, videos, and mind mapping, but not paper or email.
The class will be open to all members of the William & Mary community (broadly construed). There is no cost, and people do not have to reveal their identities to enroll in the course and follow the classes.
A follow-up news item will be posted here tomorrow.
Each month, one or two news items will be posted on this page (https://www.almamaterofthenation.us/) about David Dessler's work on William & Mary topics.
Using President Rowe's "Thinking Forward" framework, Dessler has been studying video production and editing. He is setting up an informal course that will look at video editing in the context of e-learning. One implication of President Rowe's paradigm is that we are going to see massive changes in the development and use of e-learning. Videos are only one component of the process, of course, but because (i) videos are everywhere and have become an indispensable tool in business and society and (ii) they emerge from the intersection of a variety of technologies that are undergoing rapid development and fueling social and economic change, they are a good vehicle for discussing issues in higher education generally and at William & Mary specifically.
The "course" will consist of five "classes" to be held in August, September, October, November, and December. We will use websites, chat, text, videos, and mind mapping, but not paper or email.
The class will be open to all members of the William & Mary community (broadly construed). There is no cost, and people do not have to reveal their identities to enroll in the course and follow the classes.
A follow-up news item will be posted here tomorrow.
Wednesday - May 6, 2020
The course offered this summer and fall has a simple thesis: videos depend for their effect primarily on the way sound and image are coordinated or synchronized. This is true of all videos, it could be argued, though the classes this fall will be looking only at videos intended to inform (which is a broader category than "education" and "training"--one example would be videos put out by companies focused on branding).
The video below is being put together for someone who is a big fan of Ephraim Sykes, who played David Ruffin for a year in Broadway's 'Ain't Too Proud.' It presents a range of what might be called "technical" synchronization issues.
video in preparation - tribute to the original Broadway cast of 'Ain't Too Proud'
Mary Stuart
Queen Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1689-1694
