class lecture capture at other schools

Here's an interesting email thread passed on to me by Rich. Since I
haven't obtained permission from the authors to post it on our public
blog, I have snipped out their names. Apologies if I've done something
wrong; I'll make it right if you let me know!

Alan

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From: [snip]
Date: January 23, 2009 12:27:26 PM PST
To: [snip]
Subject: Re: [EdTechAlliance] lecture recording?

Within the [snip] we record and stream
about 60 courses per semester for internal use by our on-campus
students (our Extension School runs their own distance learning
operation). We've done this for several years now and the students
rate it an extremely useful and helpful service. We are though
investigating video analytics software so we have a better idea of
exactly how the students use the video - do they fast forward, look
for certain parts, stop the stream after a minute, etc.

The faculty who ask for lecture capture seem convinced that it helps
students who may benefit from being exposed to lectures or
demonstrations more than once; I would add though that some faculty
choose not to use the service because they worry students will not
come to class if they know the video will be online later. We try to
alleviate these fears by allowing faculty to determine when a
particular video is released (i.e. a day/week after the class, only
during Reading Period, etc.).

-- [snip]

On Jan 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, [snip] wrote:

>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 10:00 AM, [snip] wrote:
>
>> Quick question for the group. Are any of your campuses currently
>> doing much with lecture capture? At [snip], we have a few
>> classes being recorded, but I'm curious if any of you know of
>> broader initiatives at your schools. I'm specifically curious about
>> what's motivating these initiatives, and how faculty/administration
>> see these recordings being used.
>
> The Medical School has been doing lecture capture for years, enabling
> freer scheduling of rounds, labs, etc. These days, there's an
> initiative out of the President and Provost's Office to look at the
> possibilities of an enterprise infrastructure for class capture, as
> well as a parallel effort looking at what uses would be served by such
> an effort... essentially parallel How and Why efforts. We're
> collaborating with the folks at [snip] to evaluate the
> use of a scripting environment leveraging Podcast Producer workflow
> for this use.
>
> [snip]
>

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[snip]

At the [snip] we've done hundreds of videos of instructors
doing worked examples in Calculus, Signals & Systems, Differential
Equations, Thermal & Fluids Engineering, and CAD-CAM. These are done
In our production studios using standard blue screen and some simple
techniques we invented to blow up the equations & solutions so they
would be legible on student computer screens. The students,
especially in Signals & Systems, value these online learning and study
aids more than I can express in this brief email.

Yours,
[snip]