1200 Lectures in 12 months:
Campus-Wide Classroom Capture
at University of New Mexico
Valencia Campus
Najib Manea PhD.
University of New Mexico Valencia Campus
Agenda
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UNM-Valencia Campus
UNM-Valencia Classroom
An overview of UNM-Valencia classroom capture
technology program
 Obstacles and incentives to adoption of classroom capture.
 Campus administration role .
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Classroom Capture Reports
The future of classroom capture
Learning Objects
Future Improvements and Challenges
Samples
UNM Valencia
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A branch campus to UNM Main
Campus in Albuquerque since 1986
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Serves as a community college to a
large rural area (Valencia, N. Socorro,
and W. Torrance Counties)
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Serves over 2,300 students per
semester
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22 Associate Degree or Certificate
Programs
Fall 2010
Headcount
2,338
Full-time
1,141
49%
Part-time
1,197
51%
826
35%
1,512
65%
Male
Female
Average Age
27
Dual Credit
280
12%
UNM Valencia Students
56% self identify as Hispanic
 58% are first generation college students
 75% receive need-based grants and loans
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UNM-Valencia Classroom
Includes standard technical infrastructure for teaching &
learning :
 Fixed data/video projection capability
 Internet connectivity at instructor station
 Wireless student networking
 Standard input devices (VCR and DVD)
 Hotline phone for instructor, pager, and desktop link.
 Network drives for storage (Faculty + Students).
 Flexible growth potential - able to interface new
devices.
Why do use Technology?
We use technology to:
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Increase students retention
Increase student engagement
Maintain interest in curriculum and making it accessible
Use accumulated data to enhance lessons in the future
Make more effective use of media
Bring the world into your classroom via use of the
internet
Allow students to drive learning to a certain extent
Classroom Capture Selection
Process
Before choosing Mediasite we did Study four classroom
capture systems including Mediasite:
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Demos
Trials
 Studying technical aspects
 Contacting other Universities/ Institutions
 Quotes
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How did we fund the project?
The project was funded by HSI Title V grant:
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Cooperating to Improve Rural Hispanic Student
Success through Technology (Pilot-3 Classrooms):
◦ P.I.: Dr. Najib Manea
◦ UNM Valencia-UNM Los Alamos
STEM Graduation and Transfer Project (30
classrooms)
The Requirements for Launching
the Program
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Classroom Infrastructure:
 Electric outlets/drops
 Teachers' workstations
 Podiums & Podiums customization for ventilation
 Locks & KVMs
Audio/Video Equipment
 Cameras & Microphones
 DVD/VCR & Document cameras
 Smart Switching Mats
Networking
 Bandwidth, Data Ports, & IP addresses
Mediasite System
Classroom Capture Server Cluster
Input Devices in our Classroom
We have a variety of Audio/Video devices in our
classroom that include but not limited to:
 Video Sources
 Audio Sources
 Image Sources
Audio Sources
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XLR Connection
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RCA (Line Level)
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1/8” Mini Jack
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USB Connection
Video Sources
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Video camera
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Webcam
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Ceiling-mounted Camera
Image Sources
RGB/VGA (15 pin)
 Laptop/Tablet
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Document Camera
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Smart board
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Microscope
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Anything with a VGA out
Our Mediasite Recorders
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Rack-mountable RL 29
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Transportable (Mobile) ML 4
What do we capture in our
classrooms?
We capture actual classroom activities that include:
 Audio
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Video
Supporting Material
◦ PowerPoint Slides
◦ PC Applications
◦ Digital White Boards
◦ Document Camera Slides
◦ Microscopes
◦ …..
Sessions Types
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Classroom sessions
Special occasions
Graduation
Guest speakers
Vendors Installation/Tutorial
Webcasts
Faculty Planning
Content (Slides, links, videos, questions,..)
 Length
 Video/no Video
 Publishing
◦ Formats (Video+ Slides, video, Audio+slides, audio)
 Operator replaced by affordable technology (Camera +
Mic)
 Easy to use
 Transparent from the instructor’s perspective
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The Process
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Create your content as usual (PowerPoint, videos,
simulation, …)
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Teach your class
Capture system (Cam, Mic, and recorder) captures you
session and/or makes a live session.
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Recorder FTPs the session to the server
Session will be published
Students can start viewing the sessions in few minutes
Classroom Capture Technology
Process
Schedule
Capture
Manage
View
Distribution Methods
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Live presentations.
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On-Demand presentations.
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Publishing presentations to a file folder or CDs.
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Podcasting
Classroom Capture Reports
UNM-Valencia Classroom Capture Stats.
3600
3400
3245
3200
3000
2800
2600
2400
2200
Presenters
2000
Sessions
1800
Hours
1600
Views
1800
1400
1200
1200
1000
800
600
412
400
200
0
358
40
8
10
3 2008
232
18
34
2009
2010
Server Activity
Incentives to Adoption of
Classroom Capture(Students).
Enhance comprehension
 Improve study and review for:
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◦ Homeworks
◦ Reviewing for exams
◦ Refreshing knowledge in preparation for other classes
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Reduce language barriers
Catch-up in the event a class is missed due to illness.
Accessibility: sessions are automatically posted to course
pages where students can retrieve them alongside
assignments, references and other course information.
Incentives to Adoption of
Classroom Capture(Students).
Choice :(face-to-face and/or online) sections
 Play segments of video rather than the entire video to
Maintain interest
 Universally viewable
 Breaks the requirement for students to either:
◦ pay attention
◦ take notes
 Podcasting
 Interactive for personal preference
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• Works with all Platform
• Minimal Technical Ability
Incentives to Adoption of
Classroom Capture(Faculty).
Automatic publishing, distribution, & Management.
 Manual/Automatic start/stop/pause options
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Live and On-demand sessions
Learning styles
◦ Visual
◦ Auditory
Allows faculty for pre-recording of lectures:
 As a supplementary material
 In case of a conference travel
 In case of Illness
 In case of domestic emergencies
Incentives to Adoption of
Classroom Capture(Faculty).
Reach off-campus learners
 Self-monitoring of lectures to study:
 Content
 Style
 Interaction
 Increases overall productivity
 Improves effectiveness of office hours by spending less
time answering routine course questions.
 Provides assessment opportunities
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Incentives to Adoption of
Classroom Capture(Administrators)
Supporting the on-line and hybrid classes
 Better leverage existing technology and facility
investments
 Boost usage of course management systems and smart
classrooms
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Provides assessment opportunities
 Marketing tool
 Improve student learning and retention.
 Increase enrollment
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Enhance recruitment and outreach
Capture campus events
Teaching & Learning Center Role in
Classroom Capture
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Behind the scene actions
◦ Configuring, Managing, Maintaining, and Scheduling
◦ Publishing (Web, Folders, or CD)
Integrating within organization's IT structure
◦ Access to Web server and/or Webmaster
◦ Partnerships with other units (WebCT)
◦ Compatibility with other software used (Browsers)
Ongoing maintenance issues
◦ Staff willing to learn to use technology.
◦ Support for faculty (settings, editing,….)
Campus Administration Role
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Funding and infrastructure
Support for both staff and faculty.
Integration with other entities within the campus.
Faculty Encouragement
Administration and Faculty
Involvement
From the beginning they participated in:
 Attending several vendors demos including Mediasite
 Studying technical aspects
 Studying quotes
 Getting feedback from faculty
 Announcing the plan ahead of time.
Obstacles to Adoption of
Classroom Capture.
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The perception that a drop in student attendance
will occur because:
◦ Students think that no need to be in class
◦ Any inconvenience can be a reason to stay home
Attendant loss of interaction in class
Decline in note taking
Faculty resistance because:
◦ Permanent recording of class
◦ Loss of control over content
◦ Random evaluation by administration
Faculty Resistance
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Paulo Freire (1973) once said that “The
answer does not lie in the rejection of the
machine but in the humanization of man”
(p.35).
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Freire (1972) also said "It is not the media
themselves which I criticize, but the way
they are used" (p.136).
Dealing with Faculty
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Involving Faculty from the beginning
Insuring Privacy
Tutorials
On trial basis
Requests from students services
Working with some students
Edit some sessions as requested by faculty
members
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The Challenges
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Convincing all faculty members to be recorded
and use the recorded sessions in their WebCT
courses
Managing 30+ classrooms
Enhancing whiteboards capturing (Math)
Enhancing Sound Quality
Ability to interface new devices
Future Improvements
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Enhancing science classes whiteboards writings
sessions clarity
Using multiple cameras without operator
Automatic Integration with WebCT
Enhancing audio quality
Convincing all faculty members
Documenting H/W & S/W troubleshooting.
Some Research Findings
100
93
90
79
80
78
76
70
60
52
50
40
30
20
10
0
Making up for a
missed class
Watching lectures
Improving
on demand for retention of class
convenience
materials
Improving test
scores
Reviewing material
before class
Source: Insights regarding undergraduate preference for lecture capture UW-MADISON ONLINE-LEARNING
STUDY
Future of Classroom Capture
Recent research indicates that lecture capture
integrated with other instructional technologies
will be one of the cornerstones of pedagogical
advancement over the next decade.
Learning Objects
 Metadata SCORM
 Optical character recognition(OCR)
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What are the Learning Objects?
Learning Objects are defined here as any digital
resource that can be reused to support
learning.
 Learning objects can be described in terms of
their:
◦ Reusability derived from the concept of
reusing small programming segments in
computer science.
◦ Granularity that means the scope and size of
a learning object.
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Learning Objects Environment
STEM Center
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Learning Objects Environment that will host:
◦ Simulations
◦ Discussion sessions
◦ Tutorials
◦ Lectures
◦ Tutoring sessions
◦ Webcasting
◦ Podcasting
Samples
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ART History
Biology Science
Thank you!
Najib Manea PhD
UNM Valencia
nmanea@unm.edu