Najib Manea PhD. University of New Mexico Valencia Campus

1. 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

2. Agenda • 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 . • Classroom Capture Reports • The future of classroom capture • Learning Objects • Future Improvements and Challenges • Samples

3. UNM Valencia • A branch campus to UNM Main Campus in Albuquerque since 1986 • Serves as a community college to a large rural area (Valencia, N. Socorro, and W. Torrance Counties) • Serves over 2,300 students per semester • 22 Associate Degree or Certificate Programs

4. Fall 2010

5. UNM Valencia Students • 56% self identify as Hispanic • 58% are first generation college students • 75% receive need-based grants and loans

6. 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.

7. Why do use Technology? We use technology to: • 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

8. Classroom Capture Selection Process Before choosing Mediasite we did Study four classroom capture systems including Mediasite: • Demos • Trials • Studying technical aspects • Contacting other Universities/ Institutions • Quotes

9. How did we fund the project? The project was funded by HSI Title V grant: • 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)

10. The Requirements for Launching the Program • 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

11. Mediasite System

12. Classroom Capture Server Cluster

13. 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

14. Audio Sources • XLR Connection • RCA (Line Level) • 1/8” Mini Jack • USB Connection

15. Video Sources • Video camera • Webcam • Ceiling-mounted Camera

16. Image Sources RGB/VGA (15 pin) • Laptop/Tablet • Document Camera • Smart board • Microscope • Anything with a VGA out

17. Our Mediasite Recorders • Rack-mountable RL 29 • Transportable (Mobile) ML 4

18. What do we capture in our classrooms? We capture actual classroom activities that include: • Audio • Video • Supporting Material • PowerPoint Slides • PC Applications • Digital White Boards • Document Camera Slides • Microscopes • …..

19. Sessions Types • Classroom sessions • Special occasions • Graduation • Guest speakers • Vendors Installation/Tutorial • Webcasts

20. 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

21. The Process • Create your content as usual (PowerPoint, videos, simulation, …) • Teach your class • Capture system (Cam, Mic, and recorder) captures you session and/or makes a live session. • Recorder FTPs the session to the server • Session will be published • Students can start viewing the sessions in few minutes

22. Classroom Capture Technology Process

23. Distribution Methods • Live presentations. • On-Demand presentations. • Publishing presentations to a file folder or CDs. • Podcasting

24. Classroom Capture Reports

25. Server Activity

26. Incentives to Adoption of Classroom Capture(Students). • Enhance comprehension • Improve study and review for: • Homeworks • Reviewing for exams • Refreshing knowledge in preparation for other classes • 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.

27. 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 • Works with all Platform • Minimal Technical Ability

28. Incentives to Adoption of Classroom Capture(Faculty). • Automatic publishing, distribution, & Management. • Manual/Automatic start/stop/pause options • 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

29. 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

30. 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 • Provides assessment opportunities • Marketing tool • Improve student learning and retention. • Increase enrollment • Enhance recruitment and outreach • Capture campus events

31. Teaching & Learning Center Role in Classroom Capture • 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,….)

32. Campus Administration Role • Funding and infrastructure • Support for both staff and faculty. • Integration with other entities within the campus. • Faculty Encouragement

33. 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.

34. Obstacles to Adoption of Classroom Capture. • 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

35. Faculty Resistance • 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). • Freire (1972) also said "It is not the media themselves which I criticize, but the way they are used" (p.136).

36. Dealing with Faculty • 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 • …..

37. The Challenges • 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

38. Future Improvements • 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.

39. Some Research Findings Source: Insights regarding undergraduate preference for lecture capture UW-MADISON ONLINE-LEARNING STUDY

40. 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)

41. 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.

42. Learning Objects Environment

43. STEM Center • Learning Objects Environment that will host: • Simulations • Discussion sessions • Tutorials • Lectures • Tutoring sessions • Webcasting • Podcasting

44. Samples • ART History • Biology Science

45. UNM Valencia Dreams Start Here! Thank you! Najib Manea PhD UNM Valencia nmanea@unm.edu