Shoot me: DDI embraces digital video
May 2008
Meet face-to-face with colleagues from around the world, from your laptop. Stream live events or record class projects from portable kits. Capture intricate details with high-definition video.
Collaboration and innovation using digital media tools will be the Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) theme for the 2008–09 academic year, according to DDI’s coordinators in the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT).
Organizers said they are anticipating high interest for DDI, which starting next fall will offer faculty and students unprecedented access to digital video technology and technical expertise. Details of the program were announced on April 24 at the CIT’s Instructional Technology Showcase 2008: http://cit.duke.edu/showcase/2008/.
DDI dates to the 2004–05 Duke iPod First-Year Experience and has since spawned a host of opportunities for learning-technology innovation at Duke. It is funded by the Provost’s Office.
Besides a wide range of digital and HD video projects in the coming year, DDI will continue transitional support for some programs from past years, including grants to record lessons and instructional content; Web-based audio recording tools that work with Blackboard, Duke’s central course management system; the Tablet PC faculty loaner program; and the use of iPods for mobile classroom digital content.
Frequently updated information on DDI will be available now throughout the year at the DDI website, http://www.duke.edu/ddi/. Anyone wishing to receive DDI program information on a variety of video offerings as they become available may fill out an online DDI interest-form: http://cit.duke.edu/help/ddi/interest.html.