Transcript anytime, anyplace, anywhere

ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE
Web and Video Conferencing in UWS
A presentation to the Faculty Enhancement Conference
4th May 2012
Derek Osborne
ICT Technical Development Manager
Introduction
Web/Video Conferencing allows students and staff to interact
“Nothing is more social than face to face collaboration”
“Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere”
How do we facilitate these interactions?
Where are we now?
• Skype
-Already used within the University by individual users
-Ideal for one to one video conferencing
-Can be integrated with Moodle
• Nefsis
-Rich feature set and allows users to share the most complicated ideas and plans in
the easiest of ways
-Used in distance learning and research collaboration for small group where full
classroom facilities are required
• Blackboard Virtual Classroom
-Allows for realtime interaction between the instructor and the students. Archive of
chats available for those who couldn’t participate.
What the Future Holds?
• BigBlueButton
-An open source web conferencing system that runs on mac, UNIX or PC
computers.
-Will be available for use by start of T3 from within Moodle.
• Lync
– Lync 2010 is the next generation of Office communications Server (OCS). Lync
manages various forms of communication from one user interface: instant
messages, voice calls, video calls, meetings and shared whiteboard sessions. Lync
also includes enterprise voice capabilities to reduce legacy infrastructure costs
– Microsoft Lync works with applications in three other Microsoft families,
SharePoint and Exchange.
Integrating Web and Video Technology with Social Media
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“Social media includes web-based and mobile technologies used to turn
communication into interactive dialogue between organizations, communities, and
individuals.”
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Skype with Facebook
Google Hangouts
Twitter
Office 365
Sharepoint includes its own social media tools