{"id":1685,"date":"2012-06-08T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T11:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2012-06-08T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T11:12:48","slug":"video-in-teaching-and-learning-special-interest-group-vital-sig-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/video-in-teaching-and-learning-special-interest-group-vital-sig-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Video in Teaching And Learning Special Interest Group (ViTAL SIG) Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/2012\/06\/video-in-teaching-and-learning-special-interest-group-vital-sig-update\/vital\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1696\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1696\" title=\"Information about ViTAL SIG\" alt=\"Information about ViTAL SIG\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2012\/05\/vital.jpg?resize=554%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"554\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2012\/05\/vital.jpg?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2012\/05\/vital.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Video in Teaching And Learning Special Interest Group (ViTAL SIG) was formed in February 2010 and to date has a membership of over 350 individuals from a wide variety of educational institutions and subject disciplines. Although the membership mainly comprises institutions from the UK, there is increasing representation from across Europe and further afield, partly through our links with the European project REC:all (recording and augmenting lectures for learning) which makes the group a truly diverse and international community of educational practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>The remit of the group has evolved since its inception to take account of the continually developing and dynamic landscape, which is \u2018video in education\u2019 and in particular HE.<\/p>\n<p>The initial remit of the group was to identify and share current information and guidance on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Institution wide best practice for the management of digital resources, and the integration with external electronic repositories,<\/li>\n<li>Sound pedagogical principles in designing video materials for educational purposes,<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on issues concerning copyright and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).<\/li>\n<li>Practical guidance on addressing accessibility criteria with reference to current legislation in addition to usability criteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/vital-sig.ning.com\/\">Ning community<\/a> is the main mechanism for communicating and publicising the various activities of the group, membership is open to anyone working within education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ViTAL Webinars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A series of webinars was established at the beginning of 2011 and so far the group have delivered a total of 10 webinars, covering a diverse range of topics from IT infrastructure requirements in support of lecture capture, IPR and copyright considerations to pedagogy and new models for supporting teaching and learning. Previous recorded sessions can be viewed by visiting the ViTAL Ning community URL as mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a sample of some of the topics presented as part of the ViTAL webinar series;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 Steps to Successful Flipping<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(Apr 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Lecture Capture Pedagogy\u00a0(Jan 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Legal issues surrounding lecture capture (May 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Video and pedagogy &#8211; what questions should we be asking now? (Mar 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Panopto at Imperial College London (Feb 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Lecturecast &#8211; UCL&#8217;s experience of a large Echo360 roll-out (Feb 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the rapid development in technology in terms of capabilities, video can no longer be consider solely in terms of a tool to support traditional teaching practice but rather as an agent of change used to inform how teaching and learning can be more effective and delivered more appropriately by contributing to student engagement and hence link more directly to the desired learning outcomes.\u00a0 With all disruptive technologies there are barriers to overcome and here the ViTAL SIG presents and discusses these various ideas, concepts and challenges by means of the Ning discussion forum linked to the webinars.<\/p>\n<p>So what about the future? The ViTAL steering group plan to continue supporting the regular webinars and to encourage further active participation of its membership to these popular webinars.<\/p>\n<p>The steering group would like the ViTAL SIG group to develop into a self-sustaining group where the members propose topics for future webinars through the discussion forums and to foster a truly democratic group of educational practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on the ViTAL SIG can be obtained by either visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/vital-sig.ning.com\/\">Ning community<\/a>\u00a0 or by contacting any of the following;<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\"><strong>ViTAL SIG Steering Group:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr Clive P L Young, University College London &#8211; c.p.l.young@ucl.ac.uk<br \/>\nJohn Conway, Imperial College London &#8211; j.conway@imperial.ac.uk<br \/>\nPhilip Tubman, Lancaster University &#8211; p.tubman@lancaster.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/get-involved\/membership\">join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)<\/a> as an individual member, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An update on the activities of the ViTAL Special Interest Group.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[725,774,996,1038],"class_list":["post-1685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sig-updates","tag-altc","tag-community","tag-sig","tag-vital"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13072,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/introducing-kathleen-calder-and-paul-astles-the-co-chairs-of-the-new-digital-sustainability-sig\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":0},"title":"Introducing Kathleen Calder and Paul Astles: The Co-Chairs of the New Digital Sustainability SIG","author":"ALT","date":"11 April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"About the Digital Sustainability SIG The Digital Sustainability SIG is an open and inclusive network fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among educational institutions committed to taking meaningful sustainability focused action. We aim to empower colleagues by providing a space for cross-institutional conversations, learning, and collaborations. Our focus encompasses sustainable digital\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Sustainability SIG&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Sustainability SIG","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/digital-sustainability-sig\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/04\/Blog-cover-image-template-9.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/04\/Blog-cover-image-template-9.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/04\/Blog-cover-image-template-9.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/04\/Blog-cover-image-template-9.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12708,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/alt-arlt-sig-committee-elections-open-call\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":1},"title":"ALT ARLT SIG Committee Elections: open call","author":"ALT","date":"13 November 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The ALT Anti-racism and Learning Technology Special Interest Group was established in Nov 2021.\u00a0 ARLT SIG will provide a platform for tackling sectorial racism. Outside ALT, members have been active as a group since Nov 2020.\u00a0Anti-Racism and Learning Technology (ARLT) Special Interest Group (SIG) seeks to be the voice of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anti-Racism and Learning Technology SIG&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anti-Racism and Learning Technology SIG","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/anti-racism-sig\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/11\/Blog-Cover-Guidlines-3.png?fit=699%2C216&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/11\/Blog-Cover-Guidlines-3.png?fit=699%2C216&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/11\/Blog-Cover-Guidlines-3.png?fit=699%2C216&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11907,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2024\/02\/alt-cool-sig-committee-elections-open-call\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":2},"title":"ALT CoOL SIG Committee Elections: open call","author":"ALT","date":"5 February 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"We are looking for nominations for officer roles for the \u2018CoOLest\u2019 of all the ALT special interest groups The ALT Copyright and Online Learning (CoOL) Special Interest Group was established in December 2020 as a response to the growing need to understand copyright issues with the shift to online learning.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Copyright and Online Learning SIG&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Copyright and Online Learning SIG","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/coolsig\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/02\/Twitter-Post-1024x512-px-49-707x512-1.jpeg?fit=707%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/02\/Twitter-Post-1024x512-px-49-707x512-1.jpeg?fit=707%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/02\/Twitter-Post-1024x512-px-49-707x512-1.jpeg?fit=707%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2024\/02\/Twitter-Post-1024x512-px-49-707x512-1.jpeg?fit=707%2C512&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2247,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2013\/01\/sig-update-games-and-learning-special-interest-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":3},"title":"SIG Update: Games and Learning Special Interest Group","author":"ALT","date":"10 January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The ALT Special Interest Group in Games and Learning (GLSIG) was established in October 2010 as a community for anyone interested in the potential of games for learning, particularly in the context of Further and Higher Education. We are interested in the design, use and evaluation of games in practice,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1918,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/sig-update-inclusive-learning-special-interest-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":4},"title":"SIG Update: Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group","author":"ALT","date":"7 September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"ALT, in collaboration with JISC TechDis, established a new Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group (ILSIG) in March 2011. To date the group has 55 members from a range of sectors, including HE, FE, Independent Specialist Colleges, schools and business, together with international representation from Europe and the United States. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Special Interest Groups&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Special Interest Groups","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/sig-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Shirley Evan\u2019s Scoop.it! page on Social Networks, Social Media and Accessibility","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2012\/07\/ilsig-scoopit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13093,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/four-years-of-the-cool-sig\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":5},"title":"Four years of the CoOL SIG","author":"ALT","date":"19 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This post is written by Jane Secker, Associate Professor in Educational Development and co-chair of the ALT Copyright and Online Learning SIG. Jane reflects on the work of the CoOL SIG over the past 4 years and how their group aims to help build more confidence in copyright matters in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Copyright and Online Learning SIG&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Copyright and Online Learning SIG","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/category\/coolsig\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/05\/TEMPLATE-DO-NOT-EDIT-THIS-PAGE-5.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/05\/TEMPLATE-DO-NOT-EDIT-THIS-PAGE-5.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/05\/TEMPLATE-DO-NOT-EDIT-THIS-PAGE-5.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2025\/05\/TEMPLATE-DO-NOT-EDIT-THIS-PAGE-5.png?fit=734%2C550&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6CxU9-rb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}