Building video infrastructure for
campus
NORDUnet 2012, HiOA Oslo, 2012-09-19
Ingrid Melve (CTO) and Thorleif Hallén (Video project manager), Uninett

Education
Information Lectures Reflection Mentoring Assessment
Forum/LMS Meetings:
Text documents Social media Skype, phone, web, video
conference Exams: online, digital school
type, study hall
News, messages
Lecture books, learning
Forum/LMS Discussion, chat
objects
Web site, university portal Tests: LMS, survey
Podcast: Audio, video Study hall, kitchen table Forum/LMS
Text documents
Notes and reports: LMS
Virtual meetings: web
Links and references Podcast
Email meetings, video conference

Research
Research community Research project Data Analysis Publication, dissemination
Data capture: Report, notes
Organizational support Project proposal and plan
sensors, surveys, interviews
Data crunching
Paper publication
Data storage:
Coffee breaks Collaboration tools
text, audio, database, video
Discussion, chat Research based teaching
Talking with colleagues Document sharing Data analysis
Review related material
Collaboration tools: video
meetings, shared workspace
Processing related research Email, email, email Data access
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:  Editing?
phone, Skype, web  Capture live, no edit
meeting, videoconferen  Production
ce  Life time
 Instant: streaming, process
 1-to-1  Semester or forever
 1-to-many  Production site
 Many-to-many  Workplace
 Asyncronous  Lecture room
 1-to-1  Studio
 Practice
 1-to-many
 Many-to-many

Simplicity ------------------- Complexity
Individual ------------------ Instiutions ----------------- International

University
Professor
Students

Functionality
 Video on demand  Rights management
 Live streaming  Federated login
 Audio only  Directory enabled
 Video only  Mobile device support
 Video and slides  Integration with room
 Screenscrape with control panels
audio  Platform independent
 Podcast  No lock-in
 RSS-feeds  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 Lectures Reflection Mentoring Assessment
Web meeting:
Studio: Podcast: AdobeConnect
MediaSite Matterhorn pilot Oral exam on
Web meeting: web
AdobeConnect meeting/video
conference
Video
conferences
Desktop: Podcast:
CamtasiaRelay MediaSite
Study
hall, kitchen
table
Video VDI digital
Orientation conference exam client??
Podcast:
meeting: Adobe Video diary:
CamtasiaRelay
Connect CamtasiaRelay

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  Network for competence
 Web meeting support  Web meeting service
 Video conference room  Video conference support
and handholding
 Lecture capture server
 Lecture capture agents
 Multiple solutions
 Screen capture or video?
 Automated lecture hall  Media management
 Portal/LMS integration  Storage
 Identity management  Access management
 Common specifications  Common specifications