College Planning & Management

NOV 2012

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IN THE KNOW ENHANCING + ENGAGING + CONNECTING PLANNING & MANAGEMENT NOVEMBER 2012 THIS MONTH 41 EMERGING TECHNOLOGY 42 TECH WATCH 43 TECH UPGRADE Lecture Capture Provides an Interactive Classroom Experience Here's a look at how lecture capture is providing a shift in the traditional classroom learning setting, providing benefi ts on both sides of the professor's desk. by ELLEN KOLLIE S t. Edward's University has more than 5,300 students in Austin, TX, and Angers, France, so its administrators need to provide col- laborative technologies to students on the main campus and across the globe. They understand the importance of online edu- cation — to the point where they are add- ing two global, digital classrooms to deliver a more robust and interactive curriculum that will offer students the opportunity to learn via lecture capture, videoconferenc- ing, and collaborative tools. Like St. Edwards, universities across the nation are using lecture capture to shift away from the traditional classroom lecture model toward interactive classroom experiences. Here's how, and what both students and administrators are gaining from the shift. What Is Lecture Capture? "Lecture capture is widely considered the fastest-growing video application on campus," says Sean Brown, vice president of Education for Sonic Foundry, Madison, WI, which produces a video management platform for academic webcasting. "It generally denotes systems that are focused on capturing the audio and video from a classroom, synchronized with the classroom's visual aids, and presenting it on the web." You may also have heard it referred to as rich media capture, classroom capture, academic capture, and classroom video systems. "It is a relatively new capability that we are seeing more and more in higher educa- tion," adds Andy Lausch, vice president of Higher Education for CDW-G, Vernon Hills, IL, a supplier of technology solutions. "Its value lies in greater classroom interac- tion, allowing faculty to make time for other learning models, such as hands-on learning, group projects, and one-on-one instruction." How It Is Being Used Administrators at Arizona State Univer- sity (ASU), Tempe, began lecture capture about 12 years ago, providing its electrical engineering program through satellite dis- tribution. "About 10 years ago, we decided that model wasn't scalable and wouldn't al- low us to have the reach, convenience, and fl exibility we want in order to deliver our graduate portfolio," says Octavio Heredia, associate director of Extended Education. "We decided we wanted a web-based port- folio but, at that time, it was not commer- cially available, so we built it from scratch." He notes that this approach allowed for a little more scale and broader student ap- peal, but it was labor intensive. "In 2004, we learned about a company that was trying to work in the area of lecture capture," Heredia continues. "They had a software app that would allow us to record, digitize, package, and deliver any presentation we wanted to record. As we NOVEMBER 2012 / COLLEGE PLANNING & MANAGEMENT 39

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