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BEYOND THE SEMINAR: VIDEOCONFERENCING AND THE ACCESS GRID IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. Andrew Prescott University of Wales Lampeter. Image: www.anotherlanguage.org/ interplay/Hallucinations. Welsh Video Network: www.wvn.ac.uk. SOME WELSH VIDEO NETWORK STUDIOS.
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BEYOND THE SEMINAR: VIDEOCONFERENCING AND THE ACCESS GRID IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES Andrew Prescott University of Wales Lampeter Image: www.anotherlanguage.org/ interplay/Hallucinations
Use of Welsh Video Network by primary schoolchildren
Videoconferenced presentation from Cardiff Museum over the WVN
Some Reasons for the Success of the WVN • Core funding • Clear business case • Participants can use the equipment themselves • Critical mass – which is expanding
Issues in use of Access Grid in Arts and Humanities • The physical environment • Research questions • General technological outlook of arts and humanities practitioners • Funding and infrastructure
The similar physical layout of Access Grid and videoconference The similar physical layout of Access Grid and videoconference studios
Use of Jabber for instant messaging during Access Grid sessions
Projection of a medical illustration on a tiled wall display
www.anotherlanguage.org/interplay InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box (2005)
www.anotherlanguage.org/interplay InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box (2005)