[LINK] Audio/Video in the recording/presentation of research was Re: IFIP Digital Library

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Tom Worthington wrote:
> At 12:15 PM 14/08/2008, Stilgherrian wrote:
>> On 13/08/2008, at 5:37 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>> The ACS is setting up a Digital Library for the International
>>> Federation for Information Processing ... <http://dl.ifip.org/>
>> What would also be A Wonderful Thing would be archiving the
>> presentations themselves. ...
> 
> The open source software used (OJS) has provision for extra files 
> along with the text of the presentation, so it is possible to include 
> slides, audio and video. But the logistics for the people running the 
> conferences around the world would be daunting.
> 
> Just doing audio and video for one stream for one small 2020 Local 
> Summit was difficult enough: 
> <http://tomw.net.au/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=202>.
> 
> Also the presenters don't get any extra academic points for 
> presenting. They get their points for having a paper published. So 
> there is no incentive for them to cooperate in providing a good presentation.

Not to mention the cost. What we probably expect is TV quality presentations,
which involve significant sound and video recording and editing equipment and
skilled personnel. And most TV shows are a formula - with the same "actors".

Would submitting a video be sufficient or is a paper required for a PhD?

I would guess there is lots of research as to whether we or some of us learn more
from a lecture than from reading. I seem to recall, the retention of information
from a "class" is quite low. However, presentations may ofcourse use video and audio
for illustrative purposes. I had a play with this see:
<http://www.ramin.com.au/linux/acs-os-sig.html>

> 
> But I might slip it into an assignment for my ANU e-document students 
> to work it out <http://cs.anu.edu.au/Student/comp3410/introduction.html>.
> 
> 
> 
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