To celebrate our 10th community of practice for educational video, we decided to open the UTS Video Meet-ups to everyone, marking our first cross-institutional meetup event. We joined forces with academics and learning designers from Macquarie University, University of Tasmania, the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) and Open Learning for a series on insightful presentations, plus a panel, with an audience consisting of representatives from even more universities and institutions.
What an incredible milestone for our community! Due to getting positive feedback, we will explore further opportunities for more cross-institutional events in the future.
As always, we’ve got you covered with links and video recordings below. Be sure to also check out our previous events too!
Adapting educational video approaches for context and purpose
Our first presenter was Mark Parry of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) and Parryville Media. Mark’s presentation showcased five case studies of educational videos he’d previously worked on. The focus was on how he was able to tailor his approach to each one based around their specific purpose.
You can follow Mark on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Open live-streaming on Twitch: not just for gaming
Our next presenter was Jamie Chapman from the University of Tasmania. Jamie presented on a pilot project which used the gaming platform Twitch for delivering histology lectures. A few items mentioned include Elgato’s StreamDeck,, green screen and OBS (which was covered at a previous event).
You can follow Jamie on Twitter and see his Twitch streams on YouTube.
Create, curate, or crowdsource? Unleashing learner-generated digital media
Next up was Beverley Miles from Open Learning and the School of Education, Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University. Beverley spoke about some alternatives to creating educational video, such as curating content and learner-generated digital media. This presentation included a variety of additional supplementary links provided in the chat, which you can see via this twitter recap thread.
You can follow Beverley on Twitter and LinkedIn.
How to make a BLT: learnings from developing the Bite-sized Learning Technology (BLT) podcast
Our final presentation was from Fidel Fernando from Macquarie University. Fidel reflected on his recent experiences launching the podcast Bite-sized Learning Technology (BLT) for Macquarie University’s TECHE blog. Be sure to check out episode one and episode two!
You can follow Fidel on LinkedIn.
Cross-institutional panel discussion
Although we were running a little overtime, we couldn’t resist but to have a brief panel discussion with our fantastic presenters. Hosted by UTS’s own Amanda White, we covered topics such as taking the first steps into content creation and taking a lo-fi approach to creating videos.
Taking a look back to look forward
To close things off, we celebrated our tenth event by playing a quick highlights video of our first two UTS Video Meet-ups. These events started at the end of 2019, so the first couple were live and in person. Looking ahead, it appears like these meetups could soon be once again taking place in physical spaces (possibly with a hybrid format). To help us look forward, we look back on those previous events with this highlight reel.
We had an amazing time and would like to thank our speakers for their insights, as well as everyone who attended the event. That’s it for us in 2021! Be sure to join us next year for more UTS Video Meet-ups and more cross institutional events as well. In the meantime, be sure to join our newsletter, and check out our previous events as well.