Video usage in elearning and instructional design is trending more and more. Along with the use of dynamic and interactive video content is educational live-streaming. One of our strategies as a center was to develop capacity in that area. Our journey has just begun as we take on that role of supporting and enhancing instructional design and elearning by having our own modest video studio by any pro standard.
The center I look after procured several video/audio equipment over the past several months. Initially, we never thought of streaming events however as the need for it came by we thought we had to step up. I've used OBS before so I knew we could do this. One challenge we faced was learning to operate the camera and audio equipment. Its exciting when you're learning something for the first time and know that you will get better at it as time goes by. OBS has become our go to tool and we're still trying to figure out some tips and tricks to master it. Well needless to say over the past few weeks we
have streamed several events including the first ever virtual open day
with some of these equipment. We have another few research symposia events to stream. We love the opportunity to try new things, make mistakes and learn.
Of course, streaming events requires a
stable internet connection and we're capitalizing on DWU's fairly robust
existing network infrastructure to do that.
Quite honestly, we were a bit wet behind the ears starting off, but slowly taking it all in and even daring to step it up a notch to improve our teaching & learning.
Learning never stops, you got to challenge yourself to grow.
In a later post, I will share the journey of the completed setup of the video studio and perhaps some projects we have done using the studio.
Meanwhile, here are links to events we streamed using the new equipment.
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Its been a while since my last article as I have been quite busy lately tinkering and learning new things. In this month's post, I'd like to share with you what has really become an indispensable tool for me when it comes to graphic design or editing. CANVA!
I have been using Canva for some years now. I subscribed to the Free package which is really great for individuals and small teams to create and download designs for any occasion. I have to tell you that I haven't been disappointed at all with the capabilities and features that come with the free package.
Kids have an inquisitive mind when it comes to drawings. They can express their imaginations freely through their drawings. I have been encouraging my son lately to get into digital art after seeing him draw some really fascinating things at his young age of 6. He will be turning 7 this year (2021) and I promised him I will buy a digital tablet for him to start drawing.
Well I haven't bought him the tablet yet but that hasn't stopped him from drawing some nice looking pictures in MS Paint just using the laptop touchpad. I'm pretty sure when he get's a hold of his tablet he'll be creating some interesting pictures.
Here are some of his recent drawings using MS paint, using the touchpad.
Enjoying the weekend? Well ours was a lazy one loafing around the campus here at Divine Word University Madang. Got some short clips around the campus and thought I could share. Keep on tinkering!
The task of building Papua New Guinea’s National Transmission Network (NTN) – the country’s internet backbone – is a work-in-progress.
In this online briefing, we get the bottom of these and other questions.
Our participants:
This blog post is a result of the incredible number of views I've noticed on this article, Cisco VOIP Phone Setup in Packet Tracer, I shared some years back. I have had numerous requests to share the file and have done so but that is only just an initial basic setup.
I have since done some updates to this tutorial and have created a series of video tutorials which I share on my Youtube page.
To ensure best network design and implementation practice is followed, I decided to throw in VLANs and InterVLAN routing into the mix. This is to ensure that Voice traffic is put into its own VLAN. You can later add QoS (MLS, CoS) if you want to which is necessary if you're doing this in an actual physical implementation. The main idea behind this series of videos is to help you begin off with a blank Packet Tracer network, setup the network, configure basic settings, configure VLANs, and then interVLAN routing, and finally end with VoIP functionality added to the network.
You can now easily follow through this series of video tutorials to learn how to configure VLANs, InterVLAN routing and VoIP. I decided not to narrate the videos. If you want to learn about the concepts please visit the Cisco Learn site or take networking classes offered on Coursera, Teachable, or the many other sites that do this. My main objective is how to do it, not the why you do it this way, many courses out there will help you learn the theory.
How to make the most of this tutorial?
Open a blank packet tracer file, begin with Part A and follow along. You can pause and play the video as you setup and configure the network.
This blog post updates ongoing monitoring of mobile internet prices in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by presenting data for the second half of 2020. For background, see an earlier post at the start of 2020 that suggested an overall decrease in prices from mid-2016 to late 2019, and a post in mid-2020 that showed no change in the first half of 2020.
Since the start of 2020, price offerings have been noted each Monday using menus in mobile telephones. This method captures pricing changes within one week of them being made available to consumers. The main motivation for this research has been to monitor whether there is any noticeable change since the Coral Sea Cable System was officially launched in December 2019.
Read the original blog post in Devpolicy Blog.
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Cyber Crime by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images |
It would help ordinary PNGeans to at least know the different forms of cybercrime divisions and specific offenses captured in this Act. Having that knowledge informs our general populace to be able to take action when they see or hear about cybercrime.
I created an infographic summarizing the offenses listed in the Act and what divisions they come under. Details of these offenses and their related penalties can be found in the Act (pdf) itself. You could even visit the PNG Law Review site to know more about the Act.
PNG Cybercrime Offenses Infographic (click here to view a larger version)
"Cor ad co loquitur: Heart Speaks to Heart" is a phrase taken from a letter from Saint Francis de Sales to one of his spiritual directees. A phrase that he wanted us to embody in every aspect of our teaching life. To be a great teacher, you have to speak from your heart to the heart of your listener.
I will be forever grateful to the Good Lord for the work He has done through you in my life and the lives of all the young men and women especially in this beautiful country of PNG that you dedicated your 18 years of live and service to through DWU.
May God be glorified.
I brought my 5 year old one-piece to the office today and after completing his daily math homework and doing a bit of drawing, I decided to give him some easy-tac adhesive. Beginning of this year I've spontaneously begun to give him and the elder sister math and spelling exercises weekly and leave them with what I call a 'tinkering project'. I give them some random objects and tell them to create something out of it.
So this morning after his homework I gave a small piece of easy-tac and just told him to do something with it. He came with an interesting thing which I could not work out at first what it was. I had to ask him to explain to me what he came up with in his tinker project. He then explained to me that what he did was a model of the corona virus. I laughed at first wondering how a 5 year old would even know what the virus looks like but then remembered that this was a product of what he sees everyday on the news, the posters, the paintings on the fences in town and perhaps the posters in front of the Diwai Mart. I immediately knew that children as young as him observe every thing around them, whether it be good or bad, and they like to imitate or replicate that in their own way.
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| Figure 1. Raymond with his Corona Virus Model |
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| Figure 2. He explained that the white was the core or the nucleus and the spikes were made out of toothpick. |
On Tuesday 13th January 2021 my wife and I decided to walk out to the nearby Gov Stoa market, just outside the DWU front gate. It was around 7.30 in the morning and usually women from this settlement, and nearby Kerema compound bring their goods to sell at this makeshift market early before the sun starts giving off its first strong rays. We bought some stuff and were about to head back when she saw an elderly lady selling smoked fish laid out neatly over small patches of banana leaf on top of a container. She was casually waving what appeared like a magic wand over the fish to make them disappear, no (I had wished that later on during the day) she was just making sure the nasty little Musca domestica (scientific name for House flies..hehe) were kept at a safe distance from the fish.