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Category Archives: Multimedia
A Visit to Maker Commons
This post documents the experience of getting a print from the Penn State Maker Commons service. The good thing about Maker Commons is that you don’t need direct access to a 3D printer nor do you need to learn how… More On: A Visit to Maker Commons
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Actors Replacing Instructors?
Campus Technology has an article in a recent issue about Purdue using actors instead of instructors to present video content. At first I had a knee jerk “The Apcolypse is here” reaction, but the article raised some interesting points worth… More On: Actors Replacing Instructors?
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Understanding Speech Recognition
One of the dreams of solving the captioning backlog is to rely on speech recognition. I do have to say that speech recognition is far more effective at time than I would have dreamed, but still my intuition has told… More On: Understanding Speech Recognition
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Emboirdery Wins at NMC!
If you haven’t seen my Twitter or Facebook post…I am very excited to announce that one of my embroidery designs won an award at the 1st NMC Science Art show. I will also take this opportunity to show off my… More On: Emboirdery Wins at NMC!
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Pie Chart Accessibility
Like pie charts but worry about screen reader accessibility? There is a simple workaround – provide both the chart and the numeric in text form. The latest survey results of screen reader usage from Web AIM provides a great example… More On: Pie Chart Accessibility
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Some Key Accessibility and Captioning Resources
I was going to make a list, but I realized I could point you to some pre-existing lists I have already created at http://blogs.tlt.psu.edu/projects/accessibilitydemo/links.html. If you are especially concerned about captions, you may also want to see http://webstandards.psu.edu/content/some-captioning-how-tos
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MidAtlantic Educause Report
Last week, I got a chance to attend part of the Mid Atlantic Educause session which happens every year in January. This year, it was in Baltimore and was close enough that there were multiple attendees from Penn State from… More On: MidAtlantic Educause Report
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New Media Seminar Week Final!: Comics and Design
We ended this seminar with a reading from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics which was presented in…comic format. Frames and Time The topic was “Frames” or how we interpret the passing of time based on the sequence of panels. Perhaps the… More On: New Media Seminar Week Final!: Comics and Design
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Tailgate: Considering Un-Narrated Media
It’s Monday after an excellent Media Commons Tailgate, and it’s time to contemplate any insights I’ve had. Where we are in the Story My first thought is that the Media Commons staff and faculty have come a long way in… More On: Tailgate: Considering Un-Narrated Media
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New Media Seminar Week 7: What Did I Learn This Week?
We had an interesting week here in the Penn State New Media Seminar Week about our satisfaction with the program. My own personal take is that even though I have some questions about some aspects, the experience has had enough… More On: New Media Seminar Week 7: What Did I Learn This Week?
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