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What is SMA?- Goals- History- Challenges- Some facts
How do we use videoconferencing?- Modes- Venues- Related Educational Technology
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AgendaAgenda
NetmeetingNetmeeting
• Free with Windows thru XP• Simple and robust• (But no longer supported by MS)• We’ll use it now to connect for
application sharing
5.1
NetmeetingNetmeeting
• Supports :–Application sharing (T.120)–Videoconferencing (H.323)–Multi-vendor hardware–Multi-point application sharing–Remote control of applications
5.2
Goals and HistoryGoals and History
• Cooperative educational and research venture between MIT, NUS, NTU
• World class center for education and research in engineering
• Began in 1998; first classes in 1999• 1 year Masters Program/with option for
PhD– 2 week immersion period– 2 semesters synchronous video conferencing
• ~50% SMA courses cross-listed with MIT
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ChallengesChallenges
• Geographical – 12,000 miles and 12 time zones
• Cultural– Confrontation and mistakes
• Pedagogical– Learning conventions
6.2
FactoidsFactoids
• Singapore is 12,000 miles away• Incoming GRE scores
– MIT: 2082; SMA: 2197• 750 SMA degrees.• 18-20 beaming sessions per week
– early AM / late PM• Lectures
– 2,500 lectures, 8,000 lecture hours– Lecture videos: 1 terrabyte
• Lecture notes are synchronized with lecture video• Streaming video through MIT’s LMS, Stellar
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Modes:• Lectures• Recitations• Research Team
Meetings • Qualifying Exams• Collaboration &
Advising• Program
Administration
How SMA Uses VideoconferencingHow SMA Uses Videoconferencing
Venues:• DE Lecture Rooms
(Level 5 Classrooms)• Research Interaction
Rooms (conference rooms)
• Desktop / home set-ups
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Distance Education ClassroomsDistance Education Classrooms
• 4 Level 5 DE classrooms• Dedicated IP subnet• Tandberg 6000• Multipoint• Wireless• Cable• PVC
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Distance Education ClassroomsDistance Education Classrooms
• Technology components– Sympodium– Document Camera– Crestron– Tracking Camera– Push to talk mikes
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More about 66-319More about 66-319
• Like all of our RIRs, it’s designed for self service; we train, they operate
• Shared with the Chem-E department• 2 Working positions 2 Cameras, 2
Document Cameras, 2 Plasma Screens• Main plasma screen shows multiple views• Tandberg 6000 CODEC allows for multi-
point (4 max) end-points, duo-video• No Sympodium, but Tablet PC is an
alternative
Analysis & Comparison of the 3 VenuesAnalysis & Comparison of the 3 Venuesde
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DE Classrooms Research Interaction Rms
PC-based Systems for Home/Office
Costly
Technician
Advance planning
Reliable
High Quality
Inexpensive
Self-Service
No Advance Planning
Less Reliable
Varying Quality
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Not the only one…Not the only one…Other DE initiatives on MIT campus:
System Design and Management
Cambridge MIT Institute
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Questions?Questions?
Peter Hess [email protected] 617-253-6435
Molly Ruggles [email protected] 617-253-0937
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