Connect, Collaborate
and Create:
International Universities
Working Together
Alain Civel
MENA Polycom Regional Manager
Transforming Video Conferencing
Any Audience
Any Time
Any Place
Any Device
Individuals,
teams,
thousands
Real-time,
streamed,
archived
Office,
remote,
mobile
PC, phone,
personal /
group video
system
Roads to Video Conferencing
The Changing Education Landscape
Organizational Challenges
 Global Economy
 Regulatory Requirements
 Competition
 Retaining Top
Talent/Recruiting
Social / Cultural Shifts
 Lifestyle Choices
 Instant
Communications
Technology Enablers
 IP Network Convergence
 Unified Communications
Platforms
 Ease of Connecting in
Real Time
 Presence and Mobility
 Virtual and Remote
Workers/Students
 Environmental Agenda
 Traditional vs. Virtual Schools
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Global Competition
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21st Century Education
“We need to teach our students how to be
prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist, using
technologies that haven’t been invented in
order to solve problems we don’t even
know are problems yet.”
Howie DiBlasi, Technology Evangelist
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Traditional curricular areas of learning
PLUS Applied Skills
 Communication
 Problem Solving
 Team Work/Collaboration
The Knowledge Worker
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Achieving Academic Vision:
Areas of Integration
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Additional Education Applications
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Admin Meetings (School Board, Regents)
Interviewing and Staff Recruiting
Professional Development
Continuing Education
Intercampus Connectivity
Interactive Distance Learning
Faculty & Student Collaboration
Virtual Field Trip Connections
Access to Content Experts and
Guest Lecturers
Project Coordination
Enhanced Research Projects
Global Studies
Resource Sharing
Campus Extensions
Digital Content – Stored Libraries and Lectures
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Case Study
Washington State University
Challenge
To provide a large population of future teachers a way to gain
access to veteran teachers in the field and interact with
primary & secondary students when the local school districts
are already overwhelmed trying to accommodate the
university’s pre-service teachers
Solution
Partner with school districts located more than a day’s drive
from the university, and allow future teachers, veteran
teachers, and primary & secondary pupils to interact via
videoconference, thus increasing the available pool of
teachers and students available for collaboration
Result
The initial research and pilot project results have been
documented in several journals and been nationally
recognized for their innovation.
RESULT: Cyber-Tutoring and Cyber-Mentoring have become
an integral part of WSU’s program
“Videoconferencing allows us
to bring …..”
Donald Dover
Videoconference Operations Manager
Washington State University
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Manhattan School
of Music
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Case Study
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Challenge
Need to create a highly interactive and engaging environment
in which to deliver world-class educational opportunities to
students in a Cross-Continent MBA Program
Solution
Phase 1: install immersive telepresence global classroom at
main and remote campuses. Phase2: Expand the classroom
to include a “virtual world” environment for continued
collaboration and group work
Result
Duke’s Fuqua School of Business Global Conference and
Teaching System is an immersive collaboration experience
enabling cross-continent MBA classes, employment
interviews, admissions screening and effective distance
learning.
“Immersive Telepresence
participants definitely forget
about the distance that
separates them, they feel like
they’re in the same room.”
Nevin Fouts
Associate Dean for Information Technology
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
RESULT: A true to life environment that is just like
being there.
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Telepresence-enabled Classroom
Duke University
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Duke University Fuqua’s Global Conference System
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Case Study
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Challenge
To link two campuses on two different continents in two
different time zones to create one realistic classroom
experience.
Solution
Having recently opened the School of Foreign Service in
Qatar (SFS-Qatar), the first branch campus of the worldrenowned Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown,
the University implemented Polycom’s RPX system and HDX
9002 systems to better connect these physically distant
campuses. Located in Doha, the capital of the Middle Eastern
emirate of Qatar, Georgetown’s Qatar campus provides a 4year undergraduate degree in international politics to students
from the Middle East and around the world.
“This truly opens the doors
between Washington DC and
Doha. This is at the heart
of what we do as a global
university. It’s exciting how
many possibilities there are for
powerful interactions in the
future.”
Result
A ‘global classroom’ based on an immersive telepresence
experience that facilitates ‘natural’ collaboration between
the classrooms to bring students and teacher closer together
in one, interactive, real-time experience.
James Reardon-Anderson
Dean for School of Foreign Service in Qatar
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Immersive Telepresence
Segment Reference Solutions (Technology)
Personal
Group
Immersive
High Definition
&
Telepresence
HDX 8000
HDX 7000
HDX 4000
Conference Platforms
HDX 9000
Management
TPX
RPX
Recording &
Streaming
Security
Infrastructure
& Applications
RMX
PC Voice Over IP
MGC Family
Conference Phones
SE200
RSS 2000
VMC 1000
Desktop Voice Over IP
VBP
Wireless / Mobile
Voice
Polycom Communicator SoundStation VTX 7000
SoundPoint IP 670
SpectraLink 8000 Series
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Connecting & Collaborating From Your Computer
CMA Desktop
 Set Presence availability
 Set preferences as needed
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Access directory services
Notice online/offline/busy status with icons
Highlight a name and either Call or Call
Right-click and modify users “friendly” name
 Call “Non-Managed” H.323 systems or “MeetMe” bridge rooms by entering IP or E.164
addresses
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Key Programs
Honors Program
 Provides price reduction, training and memberships
Polycom Collaborations Around the Planet
(CAPspace)
 Professional global network of educators for coursework
collaborations
E2Bconnect
 Professional network for education and businesses utilizing
videoconferencing to connect & collaborate
Content Searchable Database
 Programs offered by content providers i.e. museums, science
centers, universities etc…
Special Events
www.polycom.com/education
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Summary, Shout Out, and How to Reach Me
Connect, Collaborate, & Create
Navigating Collectively
Shout Out or Discussion?
Alain.civel@polycom.com
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