Disposable Learning Objects and Jing

Yesterday, I downloaded TechSmith's Jing Project -- just to give it a test. I was a little cranky about getting it to work. But then again, it was my first day back from vacation, so I was a little cranky about everything!

Disposable Learning Objects. Today, I easily and happily used Jing to easily create and share three disposable learning objects. Here's what happened:

1. Quick "How-to". A client emailed me, and asked "how-to" do a text link in their blog. Easy enough, but it would take minutes to write or phone instructions. But with Jing, it took me less than a minute to create and share a personalized 39 second video.
   
2. "See what I see?" Another client emailed an almost-final draft of an event invitation. I used Jing to show her how it looked on my computer, and took 26 seconds point out a small design flub -- which she promptly fixed before sending the invitation to her list.
3. "Show and tell." My third client also had a small email error, so I took under a minute to "show and tell" the problem and explain the fix.

Visual Voicemail. Oddly enough, I didn't start my day thinking that I'd use Jing. But I used Jing 3 times before 3:33pm to create what you might call disposable learning objects.These objects are entirely ephemeral -- and useful for a limited audience. I think of these three little Jings as visual voicemails. Many times, a moving picture with narration can take less time and communicate much more richly than a page of written instructions.

About the Jing Project. For the moment, TechSmith is providing Jing and online media hosting -- for free -- to see what you'll do with it. Eventually, the project will evolve into something else. Today, I used it for Disposable Learning and Video Voicemail.

How will you use the Jing Project -- while it lasts?

(Thanks again, TechSmith!)

Labels: Presentation Applications

¶ 10/19/2007 02:02:00 PM