| 5th February, 2010 |
| 08:30 – 09:30 |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
09:30 – 10:00
General Sessions
Theatre
|
Welcome from Our Host: The University of Birmingham
Presenters: A Kelly, Head of Learning Space Development; John Couperthwaite, Manager, Educational Technology Team
Description: Over the next decade, higher education institutions will confront unique challenges to their established models of teaching. The response of academic institutions worldwide to shifting learning patterns by students will define their medium and long term futures (Demos, 2009). Faced with increased pressure on core funding for teaching from government, and a growing student population demanding
a greater quality of academic services, new flexible opportunities for learning and teaching must
therefore be considered (Phillips, 2009). This presentation will consider how learning technologies, such
as Echo360, have the potential to transform existing teaching practices and dramatically alter the
context of university courses in a global learning environment. |
10:00 – 10:45
General Sessions
Theatre |
Looking Ahead to 2010 and Beyond
Presenter: Mark Jones
Contributors: Jonathan Bell and Sean Evans
Description: With 2009 behind us, this session will give the UK and European users a look into the organizational and operational changes that Echo360 has made to better service its UK and European clients. Topics will include Echo360’s 2010 business and product plans, UK-specific staffing plans and technical support changes, and an overview to hardware manufacturing improvements relevant to the UK market. |
10:45 – 11:00
Room G28 |
Break & Poster Sessions |
11:00 – 12:30
General Sessions
Theatre |
Product Priorities & Release Planning for 2010
Presenter: Carl Marrelli
Contributors: Mark Jones; Jonathan Bell; Tom Zelickman; Wes Barnes
Description: This session will give the community an overview of Echo360’s new release planning strategy and customer-driven release programs. The discussion will then shift to upcoming product releases, including EchoSystem version 2.6 ready for summer installations, and long-term planning for
EchoSystem releases beyond 2.6. |
12:30 –14:00
Staff House |
Lunch & Poster Sessions |
14:00 –14:45
Product Track 1
General Sessions
Theatre |
An Open Solution: Using EchoSystem APIs to Extend Capture Workflows
Presenter: Carl Marrelli
Description: This session will give community an overview of EchoSystem open APIs highlighting San Francisco State University’s community driven Moodle integration. The discussion will continue with focus on the importance of vendor commitment to openness and Echo360’s openness implementation in lecture capture. Discussion finishes with an introduction to the lecturecapture.com developer community. |
Product Track 2
Theatre 2 |
Product Tour: Understanding Workflows to “Capture Everywhere”
Presenter: Brad Beecher and Tom Zelickman
Description: As universities have diverse capture requirements from within the lecture theater, classroom or seminar room to wanting to create a bit of learning content, the EchoSystem is able to meet these growing needs. This session will provide an overview to Echo360 capture options. Presented based on common client workflows, topics will include personal capture, ad hoc workflows and venue-based solutions. This session will provide customer use case examples and brief overviews of suggested workflows with the EchoSystem. |
14:45 – 15:00
Room G28 |
Break & Poster Sessions |
15:00 – 15:45
Client Track
General Sessions
Theatre |
Coventry Case Study: Supporting Lecture Capture
Presenter: Juliet Hinrichsen and Amanda Hardy, Instructional Designers, E-Learning Unit,
Coventry University
Description: In this session we will outline the support needs of academic staff as identified by the ELTAC project. We will describe our approach to meeting these needs and demonstrate some of the resources which have been developed for this purpose. These resources are to be made available to the wider HE community and can be adapted for local need as required. There will also be an update on the Research Grants project: Learning Designs for Lecture Capture. |
Product Track
Theatre 2 |
Taking Lecture Capture to the Next Level: Scaling the EchoSystem
Presenter: Dirk Young
Description: As more and more institutions move to 20+ installed classrooms of the EchoSystem, lecture capture becomes a mission-critical application for the students and lecturers who rely on it. With
rising expectations, planning for scale is an important next step in evolving and growing EchoSystem installments. This session, intended for EchoSystem system administrators and information technology teams, will offer an overview to the technical features and operational best practices to help the EchoSystem perform in a high availability environment. |
15:45 – 16:30
Client Track
General Sessions
Theatre |
Nottingham Case Study: Simplifying Lecture Recording
Presenter: Sally Hanford, Audio-visual Media Development Officer, Information Services,
The University of Nottingham
Description: We found that it was important to lecturers that they have full control of the recording
process and camera angle. Using an AMX control interface with which lecturers were already familiar, touch screen buttons were programmed to record, pause and end the recording and control the
camera. To optimise the room environment for video capture, the ‘record’ button was programmed
to trigger additional lighting and start an electronic ‘RECORDING’ warning sign. |
Product Track
Theatre 2 |
Policies and Best Practices Surrounding Content Retention and Storage
Presenter: Wes Barnes
Description: As lecture capture volume increases within the university, it is important to develop and implement content retention and backup policies to maximize storage investment. This session will cover the strategies for managing lecture recordings, including archival and back up policies, and content management techniques. |
| 16:30 – 17:15 |
Birds of a Feather Discussions
1. Appliance Specific Roundtable, Hosted by Jonathan Bell
2. Product Priorities and Feedback, Hosted by Carl Marrelli
3. Best Practices for Managing Obstacles to Adoption, Hosted by Tom Zelickman
and Brad Beecher
4. General Questions and Feedback, Hosted by Mark Jones |
17:30 – 19:00
Shell Lounge |
Evening Reception |
