Application Strategy Council Lecture Object Update

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Application Strategy Council Lecture Object
Update

• George Brett
• September 2005

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Quick Update SMM

• ASC determined there was interest in Lecture
  Objects.
• A survey was designed with help of Homer Neal,
  (Umich) and Clifford Lynch (CNI)
• Survey completed and presented at 2005 SMM
• 101 respondents
• Summary of results follow
• BoF at SMM
• Technical issues of creating Lecture Objects
• Cultural Issue of Intellectual Property Rights
• Information Science issue of tagging for archives
  / findability

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Quick Update - FMM

• BoF FMM
• Low participation
• Results
• Now may not be the time for Lecture Object
  Activity as stand alone
• Perhaps TLC might have more interest and carry it
  forward.

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Survey Introduction

• For purposes of this survey, the Lecture Object
  is defined as a digital object composed of
  lecture video, audio, support graphics, slides,
  with important metadata about the contents. In
  simple terms this includes audio/video of a
  speaker merged with synchronized presentation
  materials, typically PowerPoint and has
  additional metadata/information attached to
  support searching an archive of Lecture Objects.
• Some part of almost every Internet2 member
  institution is actively capturing Lecture Objects
  for storage, retrieval and playback today. But
  each in its own way. The lack of widely accepted
  approaches to capture, post-production, storage,
  indexing, retrieval or playback means not only
  that work is being duplicated unnecessarily, but
  that our shared community of users has no easy
  way to find and play back Lecture Objects from
  other places other than by doing individual
  searches and using a variety of playback tools
  that have differing network and platform
  requirements.
• The Internet2 Lecture Object project seeks to
  first understand current practices by members of
  our community, and will then evaluate the
  promulgation of standard frameworks for the
  capture, production, storage, retrieval and
  playback of Lecture Objects. Findings will be
  shared with the Internet2 members.
• We appreciate your assistance in collecting
  information about your organization's use and
  interest in Lecture Objects.

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Summary of Survey Results

• 101 Respondents total
• 44 on average completed Open Ended questions.
• 20 Questions
• Open Ended
• Yes, No, or Dont Know
• Special Thank You to
• Clifford Lynch
• Homer Neal

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Is Your organization capturing Lecture Objects?
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If you are currently engaging in Lecture Object
activity please briefly describe the technical
approaches you are using for capture and
production. Please provide URLs if relevant.
Hardware Most capture video from live sessions
and then do postproduction to edit and digitize.
Software
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Approximately how many Lecture Objects are you
capturing per year?
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Approximately how many minutes long is the
average video per lecture?
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How do users find the appropriate Lecture Object
to playback within your collection(s)? Please
provide URLs if relevant.
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What access control does your organization use
for authentication and authorization?
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What are the playback requirements for users of
your Lecture Objects (platform, software,
network)?
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Do you archive Lecture Object materials?
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If you do archive Lecture Objects, what format
are the archives stored in?
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If you do archive Lecture Objects, how can users
access the archived material?
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Do you archive materials in formats that are a
higher quality than that which is currently
streamed?
If you have interest in archiving materials in
high quality formats, would you like to know more
about tools to make this process easier?
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Are you collaborating with any other
organizations on Lecture Object related
initiatives?
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Are you interested in sharing Lecture Objects
publicly?
If you are interested in sharing Lecture Objects
publicly would you be interested in permitting
Lecture Objects to be down loaded or physically
moved to other sites?
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