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EDUCATION FOR ALL

The development of automated system for recording, webcasting and receiving lectures

Primož Kosec, Matjaž Debevc

Warsaw, Poland

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FAKULTETA ZA ELEKTROTEHNIKO,RAČUNALNIŠTVO IN INFORMATIKO2000 Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17

September 10-12, 2007

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Content overview

Introduction

Current webcast solutions

Our innovative solution

System’s infrastructure and procedure

Web portal and users’ roles

System’s functionalities overview

Conclusion

Project partners

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Introduction

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) affets our lives

Internet affects the global changing

Multimedia elements enrich learning

E-learning is more effective than classical learning

Streaming video in simultaneous combination with presentation slides presents a medium, which

offers outstanding chance for distance education with its dynamic image and audio presentation

Special adjustments for people with disabilities need to bi considered

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Current webcast solutions

HorizonLive

StreamEdit

On24

GoodMood

Accordent

Virage

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Our solution

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System’s infrastructure and procedure

PowerPoint

Video & Audio

Student

Database &Web portal

Lecturer

Streaming videos

Administrator

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Web portal

Diverse user roles and functionalities:

Student

Lecturer

Administrator

• Register • Login• Find lecture• Available lectures• Profile options• News archives• New lecture• Edit lecture• Edit Courses• Download tools• Add new user• Manage users• Upload tools• Insert news

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Portable system & Web portal

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System’s functionalities overview

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Conclusion

Effective usage of technologies for video, audio and presentation material

with appropriate hardware, software and infrastructure

Simple and swift usage

New possibilities in education

Equal study for all persons, including persons with special needs

(visual subtitles for deaf people, audio subtitles for blind people and the video

interpreter for sign language)

Authors’ rights have to be considered

Lecturer’s psychological factor while recording

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Project partners

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