The Tales of Things Project with Dr Chris Speed
The Tales of Things project provides an online platform for sharing your memories by describing the associations a particular physical object has for you by uploading a picture of the object, adding some text and optionally adding a “video memory” about that object via sites like YouTube or Audioboo. Then you tag the object with a qr code or rfid to track and share that memory.
In this video, Dr Chris Speed from the Edinburgh College of Art describes the project in detail from its initiation through to plans for the future. Lots of great ideas packed into 10 minutes. And a big thanks to Chris for agreeing to do the video :-)
This three year project, which started in April 2010 and funded by the Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme is a joint collaboration between the Edinburgh College of Art, University College London, Brunel University, The University of Salford and the University of Dundee.
Want to hear more of Chris? In this short audio clip Chris talks about a collaboration with Napier University working with the National Museum of Scotland. He also describes a fantastic use of QR Codes that he uses with his son.
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Links
Tales of Things website
Tales of Things blog
My Tales of Things overview
An audio overview of MyStudyBar with Craig Mill
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I was joined yesterday, for a quick Skype audio chat, by my colleague, Craig Mill (or should that be James Bond!), the eLearning Advisor for Accessibility and Inclusion, to chat about the RSC’s newest resource – MyStudyBar, part of the EduApps suite.
MyStudyBar is a floating toolbar containing 15 specially chosen apps, broken down into six categories, to support learners with literacy related difficulties such as dyslexia.
MyStudyBar is free to download and use. It can also run directly from a USB memory stick. Handy, if you’re using multiple computers. It’s also extensively supported by a range of tutorials.
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Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group
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Carol Beattie, Academic Development Advisor (eLearning), from the University of Chester kindly joined me in an audio chat to discuss the Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) – formerly the Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes Special Interest Group.
The group is open to FE and HE and is free to join. There are also face-to-face meetings held throughout the UK. I attended the one at Glasgow Caledonian University last year and it was great to see what other institutions are doing with media enhanced learning.
Resources mentioned in the audio chat
The next meeting is at the University of Sunderland on the 21 April 2010. The programme is available here.
The MELSIG group has a support wiki which includes 100+ Ideas for Podcasting and the Podcast Repository. It also contains information about the community driven book.
If you want to keep up-to-date the latest meeting announcements or have a question there is a JISCmail list for that too.
