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EMOL: Enhancing Education with Online Media Resources

Learn about EMOL, a platform offering educational film and video collections. Discover how to access, subscribe, and utilize the resources for teaching and learning. Get support and explore video editing software options.

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EMOL: Enhancing Education with Online Media Resources

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  1. Education Media Online Learning and Teaching Seminar Thursday 27th January 2005 EDINA and MAAS are funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

  2. Welcome and introductions • Welcome • Housekeeping • Introductions • Timetable for the day

  3. Timetable

  4. Introduction to MAAS and EDINA

  5. Origins

  6. MAAS • Established by JISC in 2000 • A partnership service of the British Universities Film & Video Council (http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/) and the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/) • Two arms: the Managing Agent and the Advisory Service

  7. MAAS • The Managing Agent • “to acquire and promote the use of electronic moving picture and sound resources in the JISC Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) - or Information Environment (IE)”  • The Advisory Service • “to provide information on the technical aspects regarding delivery of these resources”

  8. MAAS’s work • Selection • Acquiring rights • Digitisation and encoding • Cataloguing/metadata creation • Raising awareness

  9. EDINA • http://edina.ac.uk • 1983: Founded as small data library at University of Edinburgh • 1995/6: Appointed a JISC national data centre in 1995/6 – with BIDS (Bath) and MIDAS (Manchester) • Selected by JISC in 2002 to host and deliver 300 hours of film/video - for download

  10. EDINA • Guiding principles: • Accessibility • Outreach • Interoperability

  11. EDINA’s work • Hosting • Design and development • Delivery • User support

  12. What’s in EMOL? • Currently 13 collections of film and video • About 300 hours consisting of c1,200 titles, increasing to c500 hours by the end of July • Films are fully downloadable, either in full or as segments

  13. What’s in EMOL? • Collections containing life sciences, physical sciences and engineering titles include: • Biochemical Society • Films of Scotland • IWF Knowledge & Media GmbH • Sheffield University Learning Media Unit

  14. Subscriptions, Access and Support

  15. Subscription • Free of charge to UK further and higher education institutions (until further notice) • Requires completion and signing of institutional sub-licence document • Service site representative and technical support contact must be nominated and details submitted • Institution can then nominate local support staff as required

  16. Access • Institution's Athens representative notified to cascade access to all local accounts • Exception for restricted medical material: http://www.emol.ac.uk/restricted.shtml • Individual access via Athens login and IP access; restricted medical material only available via Athens login • Login via front page of service website: http://www.emol.ac.uk/ • Prospective user must abide by Terms of Use: http://www.emol.ac.uk/terms.shtml

  17. Support and FAQ • Service Support: http://www.emol.ac.uk/support/ (includes user guides, service demonstrations and download testing) • Requirements for Local Support: http://www.emol.ac.uk/support/local_support.shtml (duties of site representative / technical support contact) • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): http://www.emol.ac.uk/support/faq.shtmlhttp://www.bufvc.ac.uk/maas/technology

  18. Video editing software • Ulead in Education: • http://www.ulead.co.uk/edu/ • Microsoft Movie Maker (Windows XP only) • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx • http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2 • iMovie (Mac only) • http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ • QuickTime Pro (Mac/PC) • http://www.apple.com/quicktime/upgrade/

  19. Contact details and URLs • Education Media OnLine Website • http://www.emol.ac.uk/ • EDINA Helpdesk - please direct queries here • http://edina.ac.uk/ • Email edina@ed.ac.uk • Tel. 0131 650 3302 • Fax 0131 650 3308 • MAAS Media Online • http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/maas/

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