I attended the State University of New York (SUNY) distance learning summit this week and Christian Wise, a Senior Designer at WGBH in Boston, gave an overview of teachersdomain.org, WGBH’s online digital library of multimedia resources for educators. The distribution format they are using
signals how and where they will deliver their educational content in
the future. Based on my take, original TV broadcast materials will be
re-purposed and bundled with instructional materials and offered as
educational resources to individuals and institutions. Funded through
the WGBH Educational Foundation, the teachersdomain.org
website will be the place where the broadcast materials will be housed
and distributed, but through educational partnerships, such as SUNY or
PBS Teacherline – see http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/ – “for-credit” courses will be available to learners.
If you are interested, his presentation was streamed and recorded via ustream.tv – From the presentation overview:
“Teachers’
Domain offers more than 1,000 high quality online multimedia resources
to enhance students’ learning experiences in Engineering, Physical,
Life, Earth and Space Sciences. The collections feature high-quality
video, audio, interactives, images, and documents from public
television sources such as Nova, American Experience, Frontline, Zoom,
and many other programs and partners. Explanatory background articles
are provided for each resource, as well as correlations to national and
state education standards. SUNY has participated in the initiative to
adapt Teachers’ Domain to a higher education audience. SUNY online
instructional designers were invited to review and provide feedback on
the Teachers’ Domain site, and I will be showing the initial results of
our collaboration in the form of schematic diagrams, wireframe
sketches, and design mockups. Additional feedback will be solicited to
make sure that we’re on the right track.”