Media and Learning 2013

This "100 Questions on Islam" video series, produced the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the British Council and published on a Vimeo Channel is a easily accessible repository of expert interviews on video (all short pieces) discussing current issues around perceptions of Islam and Muslim communities. Interviewees are scholars, journalists and policymakers from a diversity of geographical and professional backgrounds on major social, foreign policy, and historical questions. The 100 videos, which average two minutes in length, be a valuable source for research or education on the topic. Topics include the role of women in Islam, the place of democratic principles in theocratic governments, the veil, the Arab Spring, Shariah law and so on.
100 Questions About Islam tries to be a digital resource for the general public. It was produced by students from the University of Missouri School of Journalism during a symposium hosted by Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, NPTEL, is a joint project of a group of well-known technology education/research institutes in India, collectively known as the Indian Institutes of Technology. This project has placed online resources in HTML or PDF format as well as many video lessons, providing e-learning through online Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams.
The project also has a channel on YouTube that can be accessed at www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd.

This web page is a list of some interesting educational films produced by Jon Shears and Carl Vivian who both work in Multimedia Services in IT Services of the University of Leicester. Their expertise in creating educational films and teaching materials, and for designing and teaching film production modules has been internationally recognised: here you can find some of the winner films.

Multimedia Training Videos is a series of free and open educational resources for learning a variety of multimedia and ICT tools. It was created by members of the MSc in Multimedia of the University of Westminster.
The project is a joint collaboration between Joint Information Systems Committee-JISC, Higher Edcuation Academy and University of Westminster Education Initiative Centre. You can read more about the OER project at the following site: Open Educational Resources Site http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer.aspx.

LUTube is a service from the Leeds University that allows staff and students to share and watch online videos. On the website you can find a lot of different educational and informative kind of videos.

History for Music Lovers is a Youtube channel with a collection of music videos made for history and literature teaching and performed on the backing track of very famous songs, like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4pGFGkHOd8&feature=BFa&list=UUB3GNS3IPzv... about King Arthur (on the music of "Nature boy" by Eden Ahbez) or this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3d5x-MUT4&feature=BFa&list=UUB3GNS3IPzv... about the Ancient Minoan Civilization on the tones of "Creep" by Radiohead.
See also their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/historyteacherz) and follow them on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/#!/historyteacherz).

SchoolTube.com is a free video sharing website, approved by over a dozen National Education Associations for use in K-12 schools. Their mission is to provide educators and students a safe and fun video sharing environment to enhance their classrooms and learning experiences. Videos are student produced and moderator approved through a innovative Chain of Accountability process.

An assortment of new student and teacher created content is available on SchoolTube.com daily from lots of categories, and it can be used by students, teachers, administrators, and school-related associations.

ResearchChannel is a nonprofit media and technology organization that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments. Its YouTube Channel is a good repository of educational videos.

UWTV is a multi-platform media organization connecting the region and the world to the University of Washington on air, online and via mobile devices. UWTV programs are available to watch on demand and via live webstream through the website uwtv.org, as well as iTunes U and YouTube. On the website you can also find a lot of educational videos, searching in the video library or browsing by subject.

iSchool Africa is a project started with World Cup 2010 aiming to bring the best available education technology and practices to schools in South Africa. The Youth Press Team involves teams in more than 20 schools across South Africa using Apple technology to create newsworthy video content for TV.

On the website you can find a lot of videos created by students in South Africa and hosted on YouTube, like this one giving some useful tips on how to carry out a interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QgLOr-3LM&feature=player_embedded