What is it?
The OhioLINK Digital Media Center (DMC) provides access to images, sounds, video, and other types of digital media materials. Users are able to search and browse for media files via the web by subject, date, title, or creator.
The DMC is organized into nine collections, some of which have sub-collections:
- Art and Architecture
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds
- Digital Video Collection
- Foreign Language Digital Videos
- Historic and Archival Digital Media
- LANDSAT 7 Satellite Images
- Sanborn Digital Maps
- Science Digital Media
- Social Sciences Digital Media
The DMC also serves as a repository providing access to digital collections from OhioLINK institutions. Contributions can be made by departmental libraries, archives, special collections, individual faculty members, or other Ohio institutions such as museums or historical societies.
The DMC's Mission Statement says that the DMC will:
- Host digital media – images, sounds, video, and more – of educational and research value.
- Provide storage for digital media created by Ohio universities, libraries, and museums.
- Provide access by students, faculty, and staff of OhioLINK institutions and, when permissible, by the world.
How do I use it?
The DMC uses RealPlayer, QuickTime Player, and Flash for its video formats. To view videos you will need to have the free version of RealPlayer for Mac or PC installed on your computer. Once the player is installed you can try navigating to a video such as the sample clip on the DMC homepage and clicking on the View Sample Clip link. If the video begins to play in RealPlayer then you are all set. If the video attempts to play in another video player such as QuickTime then the helper settings for your browser are not quite right. The simplest work around is to launch the RealPlayer application select New Location from the File menu and copy-and-paste the videos link address into the URL field. You can copy the link address by right-clicking (PC or Mac with multi-button mouse) or CTRL-clicking on the link. You can browse the Digital Video Collection by going to the Digital Video Collection Homepage .
How can I use Digital Video pedagogically?
What will be the impact of incorporating video into your classes? Some examples of pedagogical uses of digital video include:
- a progressive drawing of a mathematical formula
- an incrementally modified graphic representation of a process (i.e., medical procedure)
- the transformation of a three-dimensional model used in the sciences (astronomy, physics, etc.)
- a (re)presentation of a “live” event (i.e., science lab experiment, theatrical performance, guest speaker, class lecture, meeting etc.)
- a sequence of screen shots and voice annotations to serve as a tutorial to teach a given technical skill (i.e., computer tutorial)
- a video interview that highlights the verbal and non-verbal aspects of communication and culture (i.e., for second-language acquisition)
- a video-based case study (i.e., for law students or social scientists)
- the use of video content as a component of (or supplement to) assessment tools (particularly for online exams)
- highly evolved PowerPoint presentations (or Flash animations) that incorporate rich multimedia, voice annotations, Web site links, and video clips1
