Four academic streaming video platforms to test
© Alexander Street Academic Video Online / Film On Demand / JoVE Education / Kanopy
The EPFL Library offers you the opportunity to test four streaming video platforms with a total of nearly 100'000 videos, whose content is particularly adapted to teaching activities and which cover many areas of study and research at EPFL.
Three of them will be accessible for one month, from May 2 to June 1, and Kanopy can be tested only from May 2 to 23. The development of distance learning courses emphasizes videos and "flipped classroom" teaching models, and your Library wishes to support this evolution of practices.
All videos from all of these platforms are available without account and can be broadcast in the classroom (only in the classroom, for educational purposes). If you want to try out the features specific to for studying and teaching activities (e.g. create a playlist or integrate a video into Moodle), you will need to create an account with an @epfl.ch address.
A quick survey (10 min) is proposed, on the one hand to know your current use of videos in your academic activities, and on the other hand to evaluate these four platforms and to let us know your needs. For those who wish to participate by leaving their address, a draw will allow three people to win a prize: a 6-month individual subscription to Filmingo. Thank you for helping us to evaluate the relevance of these four products, your feedback is essential to help us design a future collection of streaming videos at the Library!
Platforms to test :
- Alexander Street Academic Video Online [from May 2 to June 1] : more than 70'000 videos designed for an academic audience, in a wide range of fields such as the environment, architecture and engineering. Many producers are represented, for example BBC Horizon and Sony Pictures Classics, but Proquest also has a partnership with Film Platform. The two collections "Behavioral and Mental Health Online" and "Security issues" are also available.
- Film On Demand [from May 2 to June 1] : nearly 30'000 titles in more than 700 different areas of study, such as architecture, biology, business & economics, computer science & information, or mathematics with more than 260 videos of short exercises in calculations and statistics. More than 1'200 producers are represented, including BBC Learning, National Geographic, History Channel (Modern Marvels), TED (talks), HBO Documentary Films, PBS NewsHour, Open University and California Newsreel.
- JoVE Education [from May 2 to June 30] : over 500 videos that cover scientific concepts, methods, and techniques in the fields of biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, and engineering. The JoVE Core sub-collection offers introductory video course manuals in the fields of biology, chemistry, and statistics. JoVE Lab Manual provides videos for practical work for students and teachers (preparation, instruction) in biology and chemistry.
- Kanopy [from May 2 to 23] : nearly 15'000 feature films, award-winning documentaries, and educational content in a wide variety of themes. Major producers of world cinema are represented in this collection, including Criterion, Kino Lorber, Outcast Films, and The Great Courses.