1. What is SMA? - Goals - History - Challenges - Some facts How do we use videoconferencing? - Modes - Venues - Related Educational Technology 4.1 Agenda

2. Netmeeting 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

3. Netmeeting Supports : –Application sharing (T.120) –Videoconferencing (H.323) –Multi-vendor hardware –Multi-point application sharing –Remote control of applications 5.2

4. Goals 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 6.1

5. Challenges Geographical –12,000 miles and 12 time zones Cultural –Confrontation and mistakes Pedagogical –Learning conventions 6.2

6. Factoids 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 6.3

7. Modes: Lectures Recitations Research Team Meetings Qualifying Exams Collaboration & Advising Program Administration How SMA Uses Videoconferencing Venues: DE Lecture Rooms (Level 5 Classrooms) Research Interaction Rooms (conference rooms) Desktop / home set- ups 7.1

8. Distance Education Classrooms 4 Level 5 DE classrooms Dedicated IP subnet Tandberg 6000 Multipoint Wireless Cable PVC 8.1

9. LiNC 8.2

10. 1-390 8.3

11. 3-370 8.4

12. 3-370 w/Sympodium & Crestron 8.5

13. 8-404 8.6

14. Singapore DE Classrooms 8.7

15. Distance Education Classrooms Technology components –Sympodium –Document Camera –Crestron –Tracking Camera –Push to talk mikes 8.8

16. Research Interaction Room - MIT

18. Research Interaction Room - NUS

19. Research Interaction Room - MIT

20. More 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

21. Demo PC-based systems ViGO and Via Video 10.1

22. Analysis & Comparison of the 3 Venues detractions benefits detractions benefits 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 11.1

23. Not the only one… Other DE initiatives on MIT campus: System Design and Management Cambridge MIT Institute 12.1

24. Summary This is what we did 13.1

25. Questions? Peter Hess phess@mit.edu 617-253-6435phess@mit.edu Molly Ruggles ruggles@mit.edu 617-253-0937ruggles@mit.edu 14.1