The document introduces the Box of Broadcasts (BoB), an online archive of TV and radio broadcasts for use in teaching. It provides examples of how clips can be used, such as for scene setting, discussion starters, and conveying factual information. Full programs can also be used, with students watching before class. The document outlines how to search and make clips/playlists in BoB, and notes some known issues like browser compatibility. It emphasizes the pedagogic value of incorporating broadcast media into teaching.

1. Dr Chris Willmott
Dept of Biochemistry,
University of Leicester
cjrw2@le.ac.uk
BoB is here to help you with
your teaching:
Introducing the Box of Broadcasts
Leicester’sTeaching-Research Nexus, July 2014
University of
Leicester

2. Outline of session
• The value of TV and Radio for teaching
• Examples uses of TV in teaching
• Introduction to Box of Broadcasts
• Opportunity to start using BoB
• Closing tips and suggestions

3. Using TV for University Teachiing
• http://bobnational.net/record/230056

4. Premise
• There is huge pedagogic value in the use of
broadcast media
• Video (and audio) clips:
- familiar and engaging medium
- to help scene-setting
- as discussion starters, and/or
- to convey factual information
- clips more efficient than full programme
• Video and audio material can be obtained freely
and legally for use in education, provided you know
what you are looking for

5. • Previously…
- “Off-air recordings” of TV could be used
- DVD had to be registered with AVS
- Clips could be converted to WMV files by AVS
- Took time (and a fee)
• Now…
- the old scheme still exists
- made simpler using Box of Broadcasts
- recording programmes
(for streaming)
- making clips
- organising into playlists
- made available to other users
Obtaining programmes

6. A Child Against All Odds
http://bobnational.net/record/230327
Example uses: (1) Documentary

7. Die Another Day
http://bobnational.net/record/230324
http://bobnational.net/record/220597
Example uses: (2) Scene-setter

8. Example (2): Context and use
• Introduction to Year 2 lecture on Gene Therapy
• Used precisely because it is so wrong
• Set scene for more accurate discussion on the
approach (including another clip, from Horizon)

9. Example (3): Context and use
• Video from Brainiac: Science abuse
• Used in a Year 1 tutorial on Experimental Design

10. • Students watch short clip describing an experiment to
investigate whether you can smell if someone is afraid
• Having watched the clip, they discuss:
- what was good about the design of the expt?
- what was wrong with the experiment?
http://tinyurl.com/terrorface1
Example uses: (3) Discussion

11. Brainiac Science Abuse: The Smell of Fear
http://bobnational.net/record/226469
Example uses: (3) Discussion

12. Good aspects of Brainiac expt?
• included a negative control (no fear, no sport)
• all subjects carried out their activity for same time
• all subjects were “sniffer” by same person
• all subjects were same gender
• …but little else is good

13. What was wrong with this expt?
• only one “sniff-er”
• only three “sweat-ers”
• was not the same person on crane/running/relaxing
• distance nose-to-armpit not same in all cases
• may have been other explanations for the observed
differences, e.g.
• natural body odour differences between the three
• use of deodorant
• eating of smelly foods
• olfactory fatigue/adaptation may have occurred

14. Design a better version
• work with those sitting near you to design a
better experiment looking into whether it is possible
to smell fear
http://tinyurl.com/armpitsniffing1

15. A more scientific approach
Prehn-Kristensen et al (2009), PLoS ONE 4(6): e5987
http://tinyurl.com/anxietypaper

16. The Cell (2): The Chemistry of Life
http://bobnational.net/record/222440
Example uses: (4) Full programme

17. Example (4): Context and use
• Year 1 double lecture session (video lasts 60 mins)
• A beautiful walk through the history of expt that
identified DNA as the molecule of inheritance
• Students provided with a structured worksheet to
aid note-taking during episode

18. Example (4): Full programme
• Difficult to fit full episode into lecture slot
• Not best use of F2F time?
• BoB raises potential for requiring students to watch
programme before lecture or tutorial
• e.g. The Battle to Beat Polio
http://bobnational.net/record/220824
• Flipped classroom
• “Viewing lists” as well as “reading lists” for module

19. Example (4): Full programme
• e.g. The Battle to Beat Polio
http://bobnational.net/record/220824

20. What is BoB?
• Box of Broadcasts
• Giant TiVo box for education
“An online, off-air TV and radio archive
& recording service from BUFVC”
Image: Sandy Willmott
• > 1 million TV & radio
programmes
• > 60 TV & radio channels
(30 day buffer)
• All BBC content since 2007
• All staff & students
• Clips & playlists

21. Logging into BoB http://bobnational.net
• Clunky (esp first time)

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28. Finding your way around BoB
• Useful in-package tutorial videos

29. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)

30. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)

31. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)

32. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)

33. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time

34. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time

35. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time

36. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time

37. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)

38. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)

39. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)

40. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)

41. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)

42. Finding programmes
• Using the search tool
- programmes and clips
- playlists (keywords)
• Using the programme guide
- scrolling around
- knowing transmission date & time
• Using TRILT (www.trilt.ac.uk)
Searching BoB programmes for
“Campylobacter” shows up several
random ITV programmes…
…due to an advert within
programmes that includes mention
of Campylobacter infections!

43. Finding sections within programme
• To find a particular point within programme
- scan
- transcript search
- frame search (not with older recordings)

44. Finding sections within programme
• To find a particular point within programme
- scan
- transcript search
- frame search (not with older recordings)

45. Recording programmes
• All staff and students are entitled to initiate up to 5
recordings per day, includes:
- requesting new programme into archive
- making a new clip

46. Recording programmes
• All staff and students are entitled to initiate up to 5
recordings per day, includes:
- requesting new programme into archive
- making a new clip

47. Making clips
• Use clipping tool to set <start> and <end> points
• Multiple clips can be linked (but only in original order)

48. Making clips
• Use clipping tool to set <in> and <out> points
• Multiple clips can be linked (but only in original order)

49. Making clips
• Use clipping tool to set <in> and <out> points
• Multiple clips can be linked (but only in original order)
• You cannot clip from within a clip, need to return to
the full programme

50. Making playlists
• Not currently possible to search for multiple tags at
one time
• Recommend adding to as many lists as you feel will
help you to find clip again

51. Module-specific “viewing list”
• Include module code as one of your playlists?
• Organise the links on a Blackboard document?
• Both?

52. Embedding clips
• Straightforward using the link
http://bobnational.net/record/230047

53. BoB for linguists
• French: France 24; BFM TV
• German: Tagesschau 24; 3 Sat; ZDF
• Franco-German: Arte
• Italian: Canale 5; Rai News

54. Known issues
• Although you can play back using IE, current
version does not support the Programme Guide
• This works fine in Firefox (which students are now
allowed to use)
• IE is due to be upgraded over summer
• “This content is not available” – refresh page

55. Known issues
• Although you can play back using IE, current
version does not support the Programme Guide
• This works fine in Firefox (which students are now
allowed to use)
• IE is due to be upgraded over summer
• “This content is not available” – refresh page

56. Known issues
• Although you can play back using IE, current
version does not support the Programme Guide
• This works fine in Firefox (which students are now
allowed to use)
• IE is due to be upgraded over summer
• “This content is not available” – refresh page
• For use in lectures, open BoB in IE beforehand
• A link will be added on the Library search page

57. Known issues
• Although you can play back using IE, current
version does not support the Programme Guide
• This works fine in Firefox (which students are now
allowed to use)
• IE is due to be upgraded over summer
• “This content is not available” – refresh page
• For use in lectures, open BoB in IE beforehand
• A link will be added on the Library search page

58. What BoB *won’t* capture
• BoB will not record East Midlands regional news &
current affair programmes
• During the early roll out of BoB, recommended to
keep DVD copies of any resources you already use

59. Any Questions?
E-mail: cjrw2@le.ac.uk
Twitter: cjrw
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University of
Leicester