Increasingly, individuals will not only share their ideas in written form but also in video. Below is a resolution that GAPSA approved to further that idea. By promoting greater openness ideas can reach not just thousands but millions in a short amount of time. Another advantage of video is that as TED has illustrated, an powerful idea can be shared in only a few minutes. Most TED Talks are under 18 minutes and many other influential online videos are even shorter, some as short as a couple of minutes.
RESOLUTION
Graduate and Professional Student Assembly – University of Minnesota
Date : September 12, 2012
Author: Alfonso Sintjago, Executive Vice President
Topic: Encouraging/supporting methods to visually present ideas
WHEREAS, individuals are increasingly interconnected through improvements in telecommunications with over 5.8 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide; and
WHEREAS, the means to create and share videos are increasingly available to a larger number of individuals, including over 65% individuals in the United States between the ages of 18 to 29 who have access to smart phones; and
WHEREAS, videos are increasingly available in various subjects by multiple experts impacting the spread of ideas and aiding student learning, including over 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute and thousands of educational videos through initiatives such as TED, Khan’s Academy, Solve for X, RSAnimate, Sophia, among others; and
WHEREAS, the Internet has transformed into a resource through which most individuals access information, is currently the second most important source of news information for American households, and was recently voted a human right by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council (A/HRC/20/L.13); and
WHEREAS, graduate and professional students may benefit from additional opportunities to develop their presentation skills, and sharing their ideas with the global community.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will support a partnership with TEDx UMN with the hope of ensuring the continuation of their program; and
BE IT RESOLVED that the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will support a yearly event where graduate and professional students will be able to share their ideas with the Twin Cities community; and
BE IT RESOLVED that a website or portal will be developed to share edited graduate and professional student presentations that will be posted openly online fulfilling the University’s land grant mission of benefiting the people of the state, the nation, and the world.
