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18. März 2010: Olaf A. Schulte, Multimedia Services

Audio, Video, Infrastructure: Multimedia Services at ETH Zurich

Multimedia Services: Production & Distribution

18/03/2010: Olaf A. Schulte, Multimedia Services

ETH Zurich, Switzerland



IT Services at ETH Zurich



Multimedia Services

• ca. 14 FTE& projects (ca. 2 FTE)

• 19 employees

• Budget 2008:ca. 4 Mio. CHF(incl. wages)



Production & Distribution

• Audio- and Videoproduction (documentation, films…)

• Lecture Recording

• Event Recording (speeches, talks, conferences)

• Distribution of content

• Animations

• Competence Centre



Why lecture recording?

• It‘s technically feasible• Podcast boom starting 2006• Everyone does it

• ETH ICT Strategy 2006-2009


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Why lecture recording?

• Conserve• Create (teaching) knowledge pool

• Outreach • Open Access

• E-learning• Distance learning



(Teaching) Knowledge pool

• Recording on a large scale• Preservation (storage)• Archival > 50 years• Long-term accessibility• Searchability• Usability• Exchange of content• Open Access



Image / outreach activities

• Target groups- general public- prospective students- alumni- peers

• Centralized institutional access (Multimedia Portal)• iTunes U, You Tube• Open Access: Opencast Project, Open U sub-project



E-Learning / Distance Learning

• Additional course material (LMS/VLE)• Revision support• Accessibility• Interactive and collaborative scenarios

• Re-use for secondary purposes• Anytime, anywhere



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Characteristics of repository

• Searchability• Accesibility• Longevity

• Visibility

• Usability• Open Access



• Searchability• Accesibility• Longevity

• Visibility

• Usability• Open Access



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Searchability




Lecturers‘ perspective

• Touchless recording situation• No adaptation in teaching style• Free of charge (automated version)• Facultative• Use of blackboard as threshold (chemistry, maths, physics

etc.)• Conservative approach• Challenge: Integrate enhanced recordings in learning

process



Students‘ perspective

• Low number of recordings• No critical mass yet• No integration with e-learning

- technically- didactically

• Overall positive reactions• No solid research yet (cf. Opencast Community)



Institutional perspective

• No top-down strategy• IT-Services / ICT strategy• Not yet focused by e-learning department

• Primarily interested in outreach



Multimedia Services

• ca. 14 FTE& projects (ca. 2 FTE)

• 19 employees

• Budget 2008:ca. 4 Mio. CHF(incl. wages)


18 March 2010 : Multimedia Services

Infrastructure & Support

Services

• Classroom assistance

• A/V Equipment pool

• Classroom planning



How to introduce lecture recording

• Consult with the Opencast Community

• Make it easy for lecturers• Provide a full service• Make it visible (more than a portal no one knows…)• Involve students• Create working (!) e-learning scenarios



Other issues – if time allows...

• Legal issues• Open Access• From customized production to automated recording• The future: Aggregation, enrichment, integration• The question: Acceptance



• www.mms.ethz.ch

• www.replay.ethz.ch

• www.opencastproject.org

• [email protected]

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