Playing flash videos on your iPad

[Michael Verhaart]

Hi everyone,

Am conducting some research on iPads in education, and was trailing the upcoming course Ocl4e. Unfortunately the videos don't appear as they are flash based. However a colleague alerted me to a free app "rover - the browser for education" and using this when I view http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Workshop_schedule I can now get the video of Wayne.

Would be interested in feedback from others.

I hope this will allow even more people to have an enriched experience the upcoming workshop

Michael Verhaart

[Balqis Thaahaveettil]

Hi Michael,
             Thank you for sharing this.l wish to know if you are working on tablets in education or just ipads?l use sony tablet and its android but l can open the wiziq class with this whereas my student who uses ipad is unable to open wiziq white board.This device responds well with flash sites while writing on the white board can be done if we try it carefully.
Thanks
Balqis

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[Patricia Schlicht]

Will you also share this info on Facebook's WikiEducator Group. Thanks
Patricia

[Wayne Mackintosh]

Hi Michael,

Video is always a challenge. My personal preference is for hosting video in free file formats on the Wikimedia commons and users can download the necessary codecs or browser  plugins to play back the files.

The challenge in finding a workable solution is that the freedom of many educators is restricted because some employers do not provide administration privileges for educators to download and install free software. The flash player is not a good solution either. Looking forward to wider adoption of HTML5 and native playback of open file formats.

Thanks for the tip for IPpad users -- you could also post this on the Q&A forum.

Wayne 

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[Michael Verhaart]

Hi Wayne, totally agree. 

Have had many battles with video over the years as I have been teaching undergraduate students multimedia and it has always been an issue. Am looking forward to some consolidation with HTML 5 however, we still seem to be heading on a path of requiring multiple versions (even with html5). I think the one good thing about flash was that it restricted the codec's, allowing a small plug-in to be developed for different browsers which for example enabled YouTube to be developed. It also brought streaming video to the masses.

Still live in hope that an Open Source format will happen.. but can't see it in the near future.

Cheers Michael

On Sunday, June 17, 2012 10:41:47 AM UTC+12, Wayne Mackintosh wrote:

Hi Michael,

Video is always a challenge. My personal preference is for hosting video in free file formats on the Wikimedia commons and users can download the necessary codecs or browser  plugins to play back the files.

The challenge in finding a workable solution is that the freedom of many educators is restricted because some employers do not provide administration privileges for educators to download and install free software. The flash player is not a good solution either. Looking forward to wider adoption of HTML5 and native playback of open file formats.

Thanks for the tip for iPad users -- you could also post this on the Q&A forum.

Wayne 

[Balqis Thaahaveettil]

Hi ,
          The video is already visible on my android device.l wish we should soon set up a discussion page on wikieducator about tablets in education and byod ,so that everyone can get to know about the changes occuring and technological advances with regard to open sources
Best regards
Your wikineighbour
Balqis

On Jun 17, 2012 2:58 AM, "Michael Verhaart" <mver...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Michael Verhaart]

Hi Balqis

You are correct Android supports flash videos. Unfortunately Apple iPad/iPhone doesn't so this is a way around it. HTML5 video provides the capability to deliver alternative formats - we'll have to wait and see how this develops.

Cheers Michael.

On Jun 17, 2012 2:58 AM, "Michael Verhaart"  wrote:

[Balqis Thaahaveettil]

Hi Michael,
             The video works well already on my sony android tablet.
Thanks
Balqis

On Jun 17, 2012 3:20 AM, "Balqis Thaahaveettil" <bal...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Michael,
             Thank you for sharing this.l wish to know if you are working on tablets in education or just ipads?l use sony tablet and its android but l can open the wiziq class with this whereas my student who uses ipad is unable to open wiziq white board.This device responds well with flash sites while writing on the white board can be done if we try it carefully.
Thanks

Balqis

[Librarylady.rlv]

Unfortunately it is only for iPad not iPhone

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