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Video Conferencing Resources
There are many resources on the Internet related to videoconferencing. While this list is by no means exhaustive, these are the resources that we have found most useful. Please feel free to contact me regarding other resources or suggestions that you think would be useful to others.
PDF Downloads
EEZ Book on best practices in videoconferencing.
Video Conferencing PowerPoint
Presentation
2007-2008 Presentation
Websites
Presentation Skills/Room Design/Lesson Plans
- Training in CIV (Compressed Interactive Video) by Robert Craig and Clint Brooks. This outline is designed to inform the user about the basic elements of Compressed Interactive Video Presenting and Teaching.
- Video Conferencing Cookbook Table of Contents, an online manual providing detailed information and suggestions to help institutions select video hardware and software, create videoconference spaces, and conduct videoconferences.
- Photographs of Learning Space Design Room Projects from UNC Chapel Hill. Poke around and see what else you find.
- A pdf, Video Teletraining; a guide to design, development, and use from the US Government Accounting Office, 1998.
- Videoconferencing: How will you use it? is an online presentation which demonstrates various ways that videoconferencing can be used in the classroom or library.
- A Teacher's Guide to Videoconferencing: How to Plan, Produce, Present, Manage, and Assess a Distance Learning Class by Susan Mason and Mike Davis, Copyright ©2000 by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
- Blueprint for Interactive Classrooms is about "designing and building interactive classrooms for teaching distant learners ... which allow teachers and learners to interact over a variety of telecommunications networks in a cost-effective and pedagogically sound manner. "
- Here are some lesson plans that were done as part of the DIAL (Distance InterActive Learning) Consortium. These could easily be repurposed.
- Teaching via Interactive Videoconferencing, some things you need to know with pictures from Virginia Tech. Also take a look at their various room designs.
- Room Configurations for Lancaster University, part of a larger site, demonstrates the room setup of their Tandberg unit.
- Planning your videoconference, part of a larger site from New York Network Guide to Videoconferencing.
- Example of groundrules University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- PowerPoint, Instructional Videoconferencing, from David Tiedemann, Syracuse University
- Written in 1996, this page still holds true, Suggestions for Encouraging Remote Student Interaction. From the University of Tennessee, Memphis.
- Some quick tips from the DSU Videoconferencing Classroom Module (Dakota State University)
- Videoconferencing etiquette from Penn State Harrisburg.
Videoconferencing Technology/Equipment
- Soon Park's History of Video Conferencing chronology (with references and links!)
- Polycom's Knowledge Base including Top Ten Questions and Answers.
- "Videoconferencing lures, reassures" an article from CNN.com (June 13, 2002).
- Resources page, downloadable (pdf) reports from the PELEgroup, providers of training and professional development on the effective use of remote collaborative environments in learning including videoconferencing and Internet2.
- About.com's H.323 Networking Protocol hotlist of H.323 sites. See also Basic Networking, and the IP Tutorial.
- Planning Information covers some areas that many others don't -- staff, budget, and logistics -- from Digital Bridges. Their site guide provides a great list of other items to consider.
- Utah Education Network's EDNET Users Manuals On-line provides an interesting look at their equipment setup and use.
- Polycom's Informative Streaming Videos covers various aspects of using their equipment (making calls, using the address book, etc).
- "Hardware or Software? Wading the Video Stream" by Darrin Woods; a long, technical article about servers, software, capture cards, and such. NetworkComputing (2002).
- From Colin E. Manning, What is compression? Part of a presentation on digital compression called Video Compression Explained.
- Networked Video Surveillance and Compression Technology (2002).
- Northwestern University has a great site called Understanding Videoconferencing.
- Wainhouse Research state by state analysis entitled "Taking the Wraps Off Videoconferencing in the U.S. Classroom." Part of the Wainhouse Research white papers.
Internet-based or IP Videoconferencing
- IP video information for instructors from the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System.
- Video over IP from the Siemon Company
- Check out this tutorial from Michigan State University College of Education and Ameritech called Internet Teleconferencing Module.
- Videoconferencing Software a hotlist from Soon's Casa. Compiled and maintained by Soon J. Park.
- IP Multicast in a Nutshell is an eight page pdf from the Utah Education Network. Includes diagrams.
- Videoconferencing over the Internet, an overview of technology and equipment by Edward A. Garay, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001.
- H.323 basics from Wisconsin VCS Videoconference Services.
- IEC H.323 includes a tutorial and a self-test, from the International Engineering Consortium
- H.323 Primer from DataBeam (a pdf).
- ISDN to IP Migration for Videoconferencing, Wainhouse Research, 2006. For more up to date research, see other Wainhouse reports, whitepapers , briefings, and videoconferencing forum.
- VNS Video-Over-IP Guidelines Firewall Configuration - darn those pesky firewalls! Maybe this will help.
Streaming Technology
- Multimedia Seeds is available to anyone who wants to learn more about audio, video, and visual resources. Includes tutorials, collection development, production, and effective use. From Eduscapes.
- Desktop Video Editing Articles from About.com
- Does Streaming Media Need Standards? An article from ZDNet UK, November 03, 2003.
- Streaming Media 101 from Grant MacEwan College, Canada, covers many of the definitions and technical aspects.
- RealNetworks.com Getting Started. Fundamental building blocks and terminology involved in streaming media for those getting started in the world of media production or delivery or individuals researching what can be done with media presentations.
- The Windows Media Knowledge Center page is a great place to start learning how to use Microsoft's Windows Media tools.
- The webTeacher tutorial on movie formats.
- Streaming tutorial from IEC: Online Education: Desktop Streaming Media Production which explains the process of getting content onto the web.
- Introduction to Streaming Video, May 2001, David Cunningham and Neil Francis report on the technologies available, as well as some of the problems encountered when trying to stream video content across the Internet.
- Digital Video for the Web is an extensive tutorial on creating and serving video over the Internet.
- Video Streaming from the Utah Education Network, an overview with links to a streaming FAQ.
- Designing Internetworks for Multimedia, a very dry but indepth overview of designing and using networked multimedia applications; including bandwidth, quality of service requirements, multicasting, Internet Group Management Protocol, and several routing protocols.
- Wikipedia's Streaming media article
- There are many online magazines concerned to streaming. Some of them are:
Distance Learning
- Distance Education at a Glance presents guides for everything from learning strategies to technology.
- Distance Education Clearinghouse allows users easy access to a wide range of information about distance education. This web site brings together distance education information and resources from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. New information and resources are being added to the Distance Education Clearinghouse on a continuing basis.
- Distance Learning Resource Network offers current research, news items, and covers Star Schools projects and K-12 courses offered at a distance. Visitors can use the searchable database to find current information on the courses and resources available from the Star Schools projects, or peruse the library to find a variety of useful information on Distance Learning topics.
- The United States Distance Learning Association promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training. Constitutents include K-12 education, higher education, continuing education, corporate training, and military and government training.
- Distance Learning hotlist from Grant MacEwan College, Canada.
- Teaching and Learning at a Distance from Eduscapes. Includes 11 tips for success.
- Center for Distance Learning Research from Texas A & M
- Distance Learning Research & Theory from eLearners.com
- TeAchnolgy Distance Learning resources includes links to research, portals, and more
Projects/Who's Doing It
- Project Videonet, a California Public Library Videoconferencing Network cooperative project among 40 public libraries supported by an Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. Here is a link to archived webcasts.
- In the Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System, over 400 college campuses, high schools and grammar schools are currently connected via videoconferencing.
- Partners in Distance Learning is a multi-state alliance of schools and organizationsin Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Also includes a list of Virtual Field Trips.
- Videoconferencing for the classroom, a sampler of video clips from previous videoconferences via the Southeastern Wisconsin Instructional Network Group (SWING)
- Utah Education Network, EDNET homepage, is a two-way, fully interactive video network that connects schools throughout Utah and beyond using various technologies. Currently more than 270 interactive sites make up the EDNET system.
- Illinois State Video Network has been in operation since 1991 to provide videoconferencing services to governmental agencies throughout the State.
- About the Telematics Project, 84 schools in remote areas of Victoria, Austrailia, are using telematics and desktop videoconferencing technology to offer a broad curriculum to all students. On-line discussion groups and electronic mail enable teachers and students to interact between lessons. There are links to contacts on the Videoconferencing Clusters page and the Telematics Clusters Map.
- K-12 Videoconferencing Practices, a searchable database by grade, state, keyword of case practices from NEIRTEC.
- EEZ Book on best practices in videoconferencing in PDF format from the New York Institute of Technology. A 92-page document that covers many topics indepth including impact, standards, IP issues, collaboration, and much much more.
- Check out YouTubes videos results for 'videoconferencing' search.
- Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE) is Michigan's organization for videoconferencing in K-12 education. TWICE promotes and supports collaborative connections for the benefit of all students.
- Vanderbilt Virtual School matches curriculum needs with educational standards and links K-12 classrooms to resources beyond their four walls.
- Keystone Conference archived videos "Interactive VideoConferencing: Igniting Opportunities for Learning."
- SouthwestNet Distance Learning from Berrien County Intermediate School District, MI.
- Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) consulting services, tools and resources, and access to professional development experts and student programs to help you reach your goals.
Magazines
- Learning and Training Innovations LTI NewsLine delivers strategic content and innovative technology solutions to implement learning and training in corporate, government and educational enterprises.
- Converge Online from e.Republic which also publishes research on the Center for Digital Education and new media articles in Government Technology,
- Try the EDUCAUSE Resource Center Search for access to a wide variety of articles, documents, websites, etc. on distance learning and technology. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
- A nice list of e-journals from Martin Ryder, U of CO, may lead you to new information. Try the Main Index to see other related subject areas.
- eSchool News is a monthly online newspaper of events, issues, key players, products, services, and strategies necessary to help K-12 decision-makers. Also covers the business and political issues impacting school technology.
- Technology & Learning magazine providing administrators, technology professionals, and teachers with comprehensive, relevant, and authoritative information on technology trends, new products, news, and funding sources for their technology programs. Check out "Videoconferencing in K12 Classrooms" and Digital Video in the Classroom. Some articles require free subscription.
- ConferZone has a regularly updated list of tech articles that is worth exploring. Coverage is wide-spread and business oriented and provides a good source for quotes or industry updates.
Newsgroups/E-mail Lists/Blogs and the like
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