Building video infrastructure for campus

NORDUnet 2012, HiOA Oslo, 2012-09-19

Ingrid Melve (CTO) and Thorleif Hallén (Video project manager), Uninett

Education

Information

Forum/LMS

News, messages

Web site, university

portal

Text documents

Email

Lectures

Text documents

Lecture books, learning objects

Podcast: Audio, video

Links and references

Reflection

Social media

Forum/LMS

Study hall, kitchen table

Virtual meetings: web

meetings, video

conference

Mentoring

Meetings: Skype, phone,

web, video conference

Discussion, chat

Forum/LMS

Podcast

Assessment

Exams: online, digital school type, study

hall

Tests: LMS, survey

Notes and reports: LMS

Research

Research community

Organizational support

Coffee breaks

Talking with colleagues

Processing related

research

Research project

Project proposal and

plan

Collaboration tools

Document sharing

Email, email, email

Data

Data capture: sensors, surveys,

interviews

Data storage: text, audio, database,

video

Data analysis

Data access

Analysis

Data crunching

Discussion, chat

Collaboration tools: video meetings,

shared workspace

Publication, disseminati

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Report, notes

Paper publication

Research based teaching

Review related material

Curated data access

What do we need? Collaboration tools

Speaking to all senses, more than text Easy to use, play well with unified communication

tools Students initiate (eCampus web meeting: students

host) Lecture capture

Power of the lecture Automated, dependable Sound is more important than moving pictures

Video as a process Video at your fingertips: practice session,

reflection 24/7 availability

Video types

Communication Video production

Realtime: phone, Skype, web meeting, videoconference 1-to-1 1-to-many Many-to-many

Asyncronous 1-to-1 1-to-many Many-to-many

Editing? Capture live, no edit Production

Life time Instant: streaming, process Semester or forever

Production site Workplace Lecture room Studio Practice

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Functionality Video on demand Live streaming Audio only Video only Video and slides Screenscrape with

audio Podcast RSS-feeds

Rights management Federated login Directory enabled Mobile device

support Integration with

room control panels Platform

independent No lock-in Integration with LMS

Technology currently deployed LMS (local management, shared operations) Video and screencast capture

MediaSite CamtasiaRelay Matterhorn

Videoconference and phone: Lync, H.323 (incl capture units), SIP

Web meeting AdobeConnect

File sharing CloudStor

Education

Information

Studio: MediaSite

Desktop: CamtasiaRelay

Orientation meeting:

Adobe Connect

Lectures

Podcast: Matterhorn

pilot

Podcast: MediaSite

Podcast: CamtasiaRelay

Reflection

Web meeting: AdobeConnect

Video conferences

Study hall, kitchen table

Video diary: CamtasiaRelay

Mentoring

Web meeting: AdobeConnect

Video conference

Assessment

Oral exam on web

meeting/video conference

VDI digital exam client??

Dependencies Wireless network: eduroam et al

The wired network is for servers Wireless is for users

Student reality: Heterogeneous: Tablets, smart phones, PCs, Macs Digital competence: varies wildly

Lecturer reality: Time bound: 45 min lectures, no extra work Digital competence varies

Available solutions Education is not entertainment Collaboration and information availability matter!

Dependencies: server side technical issues Aggregated bandwidth

Latency, jitter variations, volume Medium scale video

Real time is small-medium On-demand is all through the day and night

Storage: video takes space, HD video takes more

Access management Identity layer: depending on federation technology Missing piece: virtual organizations integrated with

university live organization and research project Shift from local servers to cloud services

Missing parts Digital competence

Where are the changes in education taking us? Digital skills

Wireless networks everywhere Mobile networks and Wifi Need more eduroam!

Media management integrated with learning support Class rooms integrated with learning environment

Virtual organizations Class groups, study groups, research projects

Shopping list Roadmap for video in education

Local investment Shared services

Digital competence Web meeting support Video conference room

and handholding Lecture capture agents

Screen capture or video? Automated lecture hall

Portal/LMS integration Identity management Common specifications

Network for competence Web meeting service Video conference

support Lecture capture server

Multiple solutions Media management

Storage Access management Common specifications