A media mashup consists of a combination of multiple sources of media into a derivative. New online collaborative media editing tools make it possible for numerous individuals to collaborate in creating collaborative media presentations, providing new opportunities for active learning and collaboration among students. This session will introduce a variety of media mashup tools and explore best practices for incorporating media mashup activities in the learning environment.

Session Objectives:

• Define "mashup" and "remix"
• View sample media mashups and remixes 
• List pedagogical benefits for incorporating mashups and remixes into the learning experience
• Brainstorm possible uses for mashup or remix activities to enhance the learning experience

Rationale:

• Proliferation of technology
• Ubiquitous connectivity
• Participatory nature of the Web
  
• Age of user-generated content
• Interoperability of data
• Rise of social learning  
• LMS limitations 
• Networked learning 
• Personal learning environments (PLE) 
• Formal vs. informal learning 
• Emerging trends in media usage (2008 Horizon Report)

Definitions:

• Mashup definitions
• Video remix defined
• "Social Media in Plain English"
• Embedding media
• "RSS in Plain English" 
• RSS is the Web 20 "Pipe" 

Multiple Content Sources:
"website or application that combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience"

• Tumblr
  microblogging tool providing a quick and easy way to compile and share links, photos, video
  • Teaching with Technology Institute tumblelog 
  • Jason's tumblelog 
• Twitter
  popular microblogging tool
  
  • "Twitter in Plain English" 
  • Faculty Summer Institute Twitter feed
  • Jason's Twitter feed
  • 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter [PDF] 
• FriendFeed
  discover what friends are sharing, mashup stuff from other sites in one location
  
  • Jason's feed 

• Jaiku
  create an activity stream and follow friends' streams
  
• Ning
  social networking tool affording members to share media from different sources
  • LearningTown
  • Teaching with Technology Institute
  • 7 Things You Should Know About Ning (PDF) 

Social Bookmarking:
web-based sharing of Internet bookmarks

• "Social Bookmarking in Plain English"
• Introduction to Social Bookmarking 
• CiteULike
  free online service to organize academic papers
  • Jason's CiteULike library 
    
• Connotea
  free online reference management for clinicians and scientists
  
• del.icio.us
  popular social bookmarking service by Yahoo!
  
  • Jason's del.icio.us bookmarks
  • Bookmarks tagged "mashups"
• diigo
  social annotation: seamless integration of social bookmarking, web highlighter, sticky-note & clipping
• EndNoteWeb
  free web-based research tool
  
• Listible!
  social bookmarking / listing combined with ranking / voting of resources
• Listphile
  create and share community-powered lists, databases, and atlases 
  • education journals 
  • educational psychology journals 
  • educational technology journals
• Scholar
  free social bookmarking tool from Blackboard
• StumbleUpon
  discover and bookmark sites, videos, pictures and more — all according to your interests
• Zotero
  free, easy-to-use Firefox extension for collecting, managing, and citing your research sources
  

Remixing RSS:
creating customized RSS feeds and information content from multiple source feeds

• Yahoo! Pipes
  powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
  
• Feed Informer
  create customized RSS digests combining multiple RSS feeds 
  
• Feed2JS
  free service for building javascript command for embedding the contents of an RSS feed in a website
• Google News
  search and browse news sources; create custom news RSS feeds
• Yahoo! News
  aggregated news feeds from Yahoo!
• WebRSS
  free service for generating code to publish RSS feeds to your site

Start Pages
customized landing pages including any number of dynamically updating information sources

• iGoogle
• PageFlakes
• NetVibes

Mapping:
online mapping services, such as those offered by Google or Yahoo, to display customized, clickable markers showing points of interest and related information.

• 7 Things You Should Know About Mapping Mashups [PDF]
• Google Maps - directions, custom mapping, traffic, & more!
  
  • Map to Waupaca
    
  • America's Highway: Oral Histories on Route 66 
  • Myanmar Cyclone
  • Chicago traffic & photos
  • St. Louis sights 
  • Adding content to Google Maps
    
• NIU Huskie Bus Tracker
  

Maps+Photos:
customized maps including photos or other media available in context

• Flickr - free & premium online photo sharing service
  
  • Flickr Map 
  • Photos geotagged "Colorado" 

Presentations+Audio:
presentations shared online with synchronized audio

• SlideShare
  upload PowerPoint slides, share with a link, embed in a blog, tag, & comment; ability to create slidecasts
  • Jason's SlideShare presentations
  • Slidecasting 101 
  • Technology...it's all around us
    

• VoiceThread
  add voice narration and to a slide show composed of photos; asynchronous discussion and annotation centered around images or diagrams
  

• demo 
• art history sample 
• class introduction 
• conference wrap-up 
• conference presentation

• Screencast-O-Matic
  free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!
  

Video+Photos+Music:
create mashups consisting of remixed video, photos, and music edited without online 

• Kaltura
  collaboratively create video mashups
  
  • First found Kaltura in January '08
  • About Kaltura
  • History of the Internet
  • Scenes from Myranmar
• JumpCut
  upload video, edit, and share
  
  • Elgg Presentation
  • Nemoa Spring 2008 Rimm-Kaufman Talk
  • Viral Education Teaser
• Eyespot
  • The Riots of 1968 in the US
  • The Difference Between Stocks and Bonds
• Dabble
• Motionbox
• Viddix
  users can add interactive content to a video
  
  • Demo of Viddix
  • Sample tutorial
  • Sample lecture
• Viddler
  upload, enhance, and share video
  • The Future of Higher Education 

More Links:

• Copyright Basics for the Classroom

Benefits:

• Gather information from a variety of sources, synthesize and evaluate
• Offers another resource for group work
• Gives student work more authenticity since it will be available to a wider audience
• Opens door for copyright issues, intellectual property, etc.
• Empowers students since they don't need expensive software
• Distorting/perverting original intent of media to communicate a different message
• Visual literacy
• Engages different learning styles
• ??
  

Uses:

• Collaborative group projects or videos
• Presentations
• Individual assignments
• Web quests
• Exam review
• Video debate
• Staff development
• Communication with stakeholders
• English language learning
• Accreditation reviews
• Doctoral research
• Minutes/faculty meetings
• ??

Considerations:

• Copyright vs. Creative Commons
• Educational fair use
• Validity
• Access