Ourmedia’s Digital Media Learning Center

June 11, 2006

Over at Ourmedia, there is a free digital media learning center with some great resources for citizen media folks interested in blogging, podcasting, videblogging, digital photography, and other new media production. Here's a list of some of the learning topics, from the site:

Video

"How to create a videoblog. Editing video. Compression tips. How to shoot better video. Publish your movie. Resources."

Audio

"How to create a podcast. Editing and compressing audio. Podsafe music and audio clips. Where to find podcasts. Get listed in iTunes. Resources."

Multimedia

"How to screencast. How to create a digital story. Where to see digital stories. Oral histories: Telling the stories of families and communities."

Images

"Digital photography tips. Your rights as a photographer in public places. How to publish your artwork online."

Text

"How to write for the Web. How to start a blog. How to gain visibility on the Web"

Ourmedia also writes that you can volunteer to "contribute to this free, democratic knowledge database."