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Etgen, Benjamin

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Jun 8, 2021, 12:10:49 PM6/8/21
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Dear fellow CCCOER,


My primary motivation for creating open-source resources was to let technology and field trips take the place of buying a text. Our institution is not there yet, so I then started choosing from among the astonishing array of documentaries for mathematics and statistics. I now see them as among the best and cheapest ways to address the aspiration gap.


I am creating an end-of-semester project for my statistics students using climate change as motivation. David Spiegelhalter and Hannah Fry have among the best statistics and game theory documentaries available. They also have a documentary on the probability and statistics of climate change: Climate Change By The Numbers!


It is shown on this page but I do not understand the links and cannot open it:

https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Climate_Change_by_Numbers


I cannot find it anywhere else. At the bottom are "ed2k Links." Is this a way for educators to show documentaries like this one to their students? Do you have any experience with ed2k Links and how it works?


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Judith Sebesta

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Jun 8, 2021, 12:49:55 PM6/8/21
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Ben: Good for you for this motivation! Does ed2K perhaps refer to the peer-to-peer file sharing eDonkey Network? https://www.techopedia.com/definition/25241/edonkey-network-ed2k

But I don't know much about it, had just heard about it at some point...

Good luck,

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Jonathan Poritz

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Jun 8, 2021, 3:19:56 PM6/8/21
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Hmm, this page -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed2k_URI_scheme -- explains that "ed2k" links are for a file-sharing service.  It goes on to add
Many programs, such as eMule, MLDonkey and the original eDonkey2000 client by MetaMachine, which introduced the link type, as well as others using the eDonkey file sharing protocol, can be used to manage files stored in the filesharing network.

I've never used it, but I just searched for "Linux download ed2k" (since I use Linux) and found several options.  It seems like you should be able to do a similar search, replacing "Linux" with "Windows" or "Mac," and get suggestions.  Or else one of the links in the quote I put immediately above might be for the right software for you.

Then I presume you copy that URI (the thing with the "ed2k://" in front) into whatever tool you are using and it should download the mp4 file.  Which you should then be able to play on your computer.

Good luck -- sounds like you have a great approach to teaching math!  (I also teach math and love using current events like climate change and anything ripped from the headlines.  I love teaching stat when there is a major election going on!)

Jonathan

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Rich Hershman

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Jun 8, 2021, 5:22:40 PM6/8/21
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It looks like the link is to a Torrent file sharing site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVGroup , which was probably uploaded illegally as BBC appears to be the copyright holder. I would never send a student from the institution to a torrent site -too much risk for viruses being included in a video file, let alone the piracy issues.

You probably have seen this already, but here is the official page at the BBC with some videos and links to more information:

May want to reach out to the BBC to see how the institution can obtain the video legally for the intended academic purpose.  

Rich 

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Carrie Gits

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Jun 8, 2021, 5:33:24 PM6/8/21
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Hi Ben, 

It looks like your library has access to parts 1 and part 2 of the documentary online via Films On Demand. While the resource would not be openly licensed, your college library's subscription to this resource does permit you and your students free access to it for academic purposes.  I'd check with your librarians about the best way to link to it via your LMS from Films on Demand.

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Steel Wagstaff

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Jun 8, 2021, 5:46:07 PM6/8/21
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Sent this to Ben earlier, but not whole list. Might be of interest to others. 

Please forgive any typos, as this message was typed on a screen. 

Begin forwarded message:

From: Steel Wagstaff <st...@pressbooks.com>
Date: June 8, 2021 at 9:26:33 AM PDT
To: "Etgen, Benjamin" <Etg...@arc.losrios.edu>
Subject: Re: ed2k Links



Hi Ben,


This looks to be a documentary produced for the BBC and aired on BBC Four in 2015. It's under copyright and doesn't appear to be available for free, legal streaming anywhere on the internet I could find (though short clips are available on BBC Four's site: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jsdrk/clips). The link you pointed to appears to be a link to a 'torrent' file that would allow a user to download a ripped copy of the film to their local computer, probably in violation of copyright.


It appears to be available legally to ordinary consumers via CuriosityStream (a documentary streaming service available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Change-By-The-Numbers/dp/B071G4CDJH or YouTube's premium TV service: https://tv.youtube.com/browse/UCISNiwas-r-CZF0lRhC7VKA?utm_source=onebox). I suspect that it's also probably part of some streaming packages that some academic libraries may subscribe to (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/944724708). I'd recommend checking with a campus librarian to see if they can help you locate the film in a streaming collection that your library may already be paying for?


Good luck!


Steel Wagstaff
Educational Product Manager
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