Video Sharing

What is video sharing?

The use of video sharing in Higher Education: Ideas!

How to get started?

What is Video Sharing?

Video sharing refers tosoftware that enables users to publish and share their video content. There are a variety of different services which offer public and private sharing of video content, as well as the ability to edit videos online. Many services have options for private sharing and other publication options.

The use of video sharing in Higher Education: Ideas!

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Students and teachers can use video sharing for:

• Creating
  - a video dictionary. (For Example: http://web.li.gatech.edu/~rdrury/600/oral/video/dictionary.html)
  - Post and share professional development video materials.
  - Digital Storytelling
  
  
• Finding
  - Use video sharing sites to find videos on current issues, maybe a natural disaster or controversial event.

Institutions may find videosharing tools intersting to:

• Create and post interviews from different teachers, visitors to the school, or guest speakers.

How to get started?

Some video sharing services are free like Google Video, Uth TV, OurMedia and YouTube. Other services like HomeMovie.com and JumpCut offer online editting tools as well.

There is a broad range of equipment that could be used for making videos. There are three things you need: a way to capture the video, a way to edit the video, and a way to publish the video.

Capturing video can be done using web cams, cell phones, video cameras, or digital cameras. The quality of the video image is related to the type of capture device that you use. Some devices are easier to import into a computer than others.

Video editing can be accessed at many different levels from very little editing to a professional looking product. The amount of time and effort that you put into a project is proportional to its result.

For more information on how to create videos please visit the website : http://www.avnet.kuleuven.be/toledo/en