Utterli for Education

http://www.utterli.com/

 

This is an Open Source site where you can post video messages / posts.  You can even post them with your Cell phone.

 

Some Educational Uses that I have seen:

 

1. Instead of using static text posts to discussion boards, students are posting “utterz,” or video posts to Utterli and generating conversation and interaction.
2. Instructors require students to post a set number of video journal postings regarding the course material.
3. Instructors post a discussion question and require the students in the class to post a video response.

I am sure you can think of other ways you can use this tool in an online class!  This makes the class more interactive and engaging the students with the instructors and each other.  Rather than responding to the name “Jenny X” in the class, you can see and hear “Jenny X” and then reply to her with your own video post.