The Moving Pictures and Sound Cluster
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/03055720510588425 |
| Published date | 01 March 2005 |
| Date | 01 March 2005 |
| Pages | 22-23 |
| Author | Celia Duffy |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management |
The Moving Pictures and
Sound Cluster
Celia Duffy
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, UK
Abstract
Purpose – Proposes to examine the benefits of the Moving Pictures and Sound Cluster.
Design/methodology/approach – This short article offers a brief description of the benefits of the
Moving Pictures and Sound Cluster.
Findings – Finds that the benefits were primarily in the area of sharing understanding of common
issues such as copyright and planning for further development beyond the life of the projects.
Originality/value – This article is useful to those wishing to use the Moving Pictures and Sound
Cluster.
Keywords Information systems, Informationmanagement, Audiovisual media
Paper type Research paper
The Moving Pictures and Sound (MPS) Cluster quickly emerged as a valuable forum to
discuss ideas, issues and problems relating to our various projects.
The projects in this cluster were Click and Go Video (www.clickandgovideo.ac.uk/),
Handling of Tradition by Electronic Dissemination (HOTBED) (www.hotbed.ac.uk/),
Television and radio Indexing for Learning and teaching (TRILT) (www.bufvc.ac.uk/
TRILT/) and Lifesign (www.lifesign.ac.uk).
As a group we had many areas in common such as copyright, technical issues,
pedagogic aspects related to embedding materials in the curriculum and of course
software and hardware choices. Discussion with the group often helped us think about
new approaches. HOTBED brought a unique focus to the group, as it offered an insight
into arts and performance-related issues as well as embedding within a small
institution, where support is necessarily limited. HOTBED staff therefore relied quite
heavily on the expertise within the cluster, which helped devise strategies for
successfully embedding the system within the curriculum. There was considerable
sharing of ideas, particularly with Click and Go Video, with its emphasis on pedagogy,
on how to develop innovative workshops and HOTBED staff attended Click and Go
Video events. The two projects continue to collaborate in dissemination and
development events.
With the support of the cluster group and its introduction to training offered at the
British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) (www.bufvc.ac.uk/), HOTBED
staff engaged in a series of web casts of concerts offered at the Royal Scottish Academy
of Music and Drama (RSAMD) (www.rsamd.ac.uk/). The use of these technologies has
had a large impact on attitudes at the Academy, and the possibilities offered by the
web and time-based media. This series of webcasts will continue in an ambitious
broadcast of live music and pre-recorded background material on HOTBED to the USA
in November 2003. The broadcast will also be released on DVD and video, and would
have been very difficult to achieve – or even imagine – without the support of the MPS
Cluster.
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VINE
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VINE: The journal of information and
knowledge management systems
Vol. 35 No. 1/2, 2005
pp. 22-23
qEmerald Group Publishing Limited
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DOI 10.1108/03055720510588425
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