1Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Immersive Learning Environment

Huei Peng

March 22nd, 2007

•Vision

•Benchmark

•Proposal

2Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Vision

• Interpro, in collaboration with other units within COE (including CAEN), will develop, promote, and facilitate advanced technologies for the creation of an immersive learning environment.

• Provide rich, high quality learning material available to students any time/place.

• Interpro could focus on service, student/faculty interface, and content support.

• CAEN could continue to take the lead in classroom design and infrastructure/hardware

3Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Learning Material

• Regular course/lectures

• Tutorials/training material

• Seminars

• Faculty Interview events

• …

Access to material can be privilege-based

4Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Benchmark • Activities at other Universities

– UC Berkeley

– Temple University

– Duke University

– UNC

– Penn State

• UofM activities

– Atlas Project

– Ross School of Business

– School of Dentistry

– CoE Lecture Capture Project/CAEN system

5Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

UC Berkeley

• webcast.berkeley

• Google video

• Public access to large repository of courses and events

• Streaming video, streaming audio, pod-casting

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

6Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Temple University• TuCapture (branded version of Anystream

Apreso)– 23 rooms outfit with Apreso capture

ability– Automated capture and publishing– Primarily audio with screen, some with

video– Capture system integrated with LMS

(Blackboard)– 96% faculty retention for using the

system– 95% students prefer classes with posted

lectures

• Articles– http://campustechnology.com/articles/452

16/– http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/9-30

-04/apreso.html– http://www.anystream.com/images/apres

o_collateral/temple_case_study_may_06.pdf

7Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Duke University• DukeCapture (branded Lectopia system)

– Captured 200+ lectures/events during pilot

– Flexible delivery options: audio/video + slides, audio/video, audio+slides, pod-casting

– Capture scheduling

• Article

– http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI5011.pdf

8Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

UNC

• 16 campus e-Learning initiative (http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/aa/distance/index.htm)

• Many programs available onlineEngineering degrees available online

9Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Penn State World Campus

• 50+ Online Degree and Certificate programs (http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/)

• Candid Classroom and Built-for-web courses

10Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

UM ATLAS Project

• UM Collaborative ATLAS Project

– Research Project

– Components

»Web Lecture Archive Project Open/public access

Limited partnership/scope

»MScribe (http://www.umich.edu/~mscribe/ )

Focus on robotic tracking camera

Limited capture ability (static slides + video)

Capture system based on Sync-O-Matic 3000 (chuck severance)

11Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Other Activity at UM• School of Dentistry

(https://intranet.dent.umich.edu/acad_resources/)

– Pioneer in pod-casting

• School of Business

– Distance education

– Pod-casting

– Limited video distribution

• Other

– School of Nursing

– Medical School

– School of Public Health

Example.m4a

12Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Engin Lecture Capture Project

• Integrated in some College classrooms

• Portable/Cart version

• Apple/QuickTime based

• Automated capture/sync

• Audio/Video + slides

• Utilized for Engin110 capture

13Michigan Interdisciplinary and Professional EngineeringCollege of Engineering, The University of Michigan

Proposal

• CoE access only and streaming media (avoid IP issue)

• CAEN+INTERPRO instrument one classroom (1670 CSE).

• Short term (summer) plan

– FE summer boot camp

• Mid-term plan

– Open to faculty/staff/student society for capture request.