slides from my talk, "Invisible Technology? Simplifying Lecture Recording" that I gave at the International Association of Technology, Education and Development conference in Valencia, Spain in 2010.
1. Invisible Technology?
Simplifying Lecture Recording
Sally Hanford
Audio Visual Media Development Officer
Information services
The University of Nottingham
sally.hanford@nottingham.ac.uk
2. 1st
law of simplicity: Reduce
How simple can
you make it?
How complex does
it have to be?
TED talk: âOn simplicityâ
John Maeda (MIT Media Lab)
Book: âThe Laws of Simplicityâ
4. âDonât leave me powerlessâ
âWhat designer presumes to know enough about
my experience to administer choices in what is
assumed to be my favour?â
11. Drivers for ITR Project
Enhancing the student experience
Anywhere, anytime access to lecture recordings
12. Drivers for ITR Project
Connecting our international campuses
13. Drivers for ITR Project
Facilitating the creation of Open Educational
resources
14. ITR Requirements gathering
ï§ Focus groups
ï§ Questionnaires
ï§ Meetings with faculty representatives
ï§ Consultation with:
ï Academic staff,
ï Teaching support staff (AV),
ï Television and video production (rich media) group,
ï IT staff (network and systems),
ï Timetabling office
->P.O.C trials -> PILOT ongoing consultations....
15. Some of our requirements
ï§ Allow lecturers to operate the system with
minimal support
ï§ Control of the recording in the hands of the
lecturer
ï§ Room environment automatically synchronised
ï§ Room occupants automatically made aware
when recording.
ï§ Minimal manual intervention required
18. Lecture Capture Menu &
Camera Control
1. Turn on additional
lighting
2. Set camera to preset 1
3. Lecturer can choose
alternative preferred
camera preset or use
manual controls.
25. Promoting the service
Internal communications
Newsletters
E-learning community sessions
Teaching and learning newsletter
Launch events
Message from the Director of Teaching and
Learning (Video)
Word of mouth
Overwhelmingly positive response
26. Student Feedback
âespecially good for mathematicsâ
âMakes the lectures feel more interactive and
retains attention when watching the videoâ
âWhen lecturers talk too fast I can replay them
slower and listen over and over again at home
to ensure I understand. Sometimes it is easy to
zone out of lectures and miss a key point. With
recordings I can check when I get home and
note down everything. â
27. Student Feedback
âUseful to be able to pause the lecture when you
donât quite understand before it moves onto the
next concept.â
âI can watch it again and again for understanding
difficult bits. It's a great ideaâ
âAbility to build on lecture notes, help with
revision.â
28. Staff Feedback
âThe system is nondisruptive during the delivery of the lecture both for
the lecturer and the student and gives an extremely valuable learning
resource afterwards.â - Geography
âThese are going on our website â all of them are greatâ â
International Office
âPlease record everything until the end of term. I am already a fan!â â
Genetics
"The lecture capture video is BRILLIANT! Academic staff were all really
impressedâ - Pharmacy
âThe greatest single development in teaching aids since the data
projectorâ - Maths
Hinweis der Redaktion
Confidence monitor allows lecturer to see how the recorded video will look.
Electronic sign outside room automatically triggered when capture in progressâŠâŠ