Conducting a Simultaneous Face-To-Face and Online
Presentation by Example of the Popular STEM TalksGPC FDD, October 5, 2010
Ulrike LahaiseScience, GPC Online
Photograph by APOD
Outline
• Original purpose and history• New Version• Synchronous distance delivery
methods– GSAMS or Wimba?
• Wimba online meeting environment• Archive of talks• Popular STEM Talks in Fall 2010
Original Purpose• Version 1.0 (Popular Science Talks)– To raise interest in science with GPC science
faculty talks about current/hot button issues or topics they’re excited about and don’t get to in class
– Audience needs no science background– For GPC students/faculty/staff from all campuses– Students experience teachers in different context– Free resource for students’ co-curricular learning
• Speakers are free, get credit on performance evaluation
– Chance for adjunct faculty to be more involved with GPC
Original History
• Popular Science Talks started in Fall 2002• sponsored by Decatur Campus Science Club– Organizer was club’s co-advisor
• Held only on Decatur Campus• Extra credit for attendance• Most attendees from Decatur and Clarkston
Campuses• Attendance varied from less than 10 to more
than 30 depending on circumstances• Between 4 to 6 talks per semester• No audio/video records of talks
Original History cont.
• High student turnover at GPC yields fresh audiences
• A lot of recurring GPC faculty with same or new topics (many thanks!!!)– From Phys/Astr: Bill Lahaise, Fred Buls, myself– From Biology: Diane LaCole, Mark Hollier– Others: Maher Atteya (Chem), Roy Nixon (Geol), Derwin
Daniels (Fire Management)
• Speakers from other areas: math, nursing, philosophy, fine arts, instructional technology, OIT
• Occasional external speakers: CDC’s, GBI, etc.– Usually adjunct faculty, or suggested by GPC
colleagues
Selection of Previous Talks• “Smog and Lung Cancer”• “The Fallacy of Creationism”• “Coffee with a Conscience”• “Star Trek is Here at NASA!”• “Fire Safety and Prevention”• “Impact of Diabetes on Health Care Economics and Insurance”• “The CSI-Effect on DNA Analysis”• “Artificial Intelligence, The Matrix, Computers and You”• “The Demotion of Pluto”• “Internet Crimes Against Children”• “Science, Near-Death Experiences, and Associated Phenomena”• “The Super-Duper Nova”• “Sex…Why does it feel so good and hurt so bad?”• “Science and Theater”• “AIDS/HIV”• “Math Anxiety”• “Global Warming”
New Version
• Impetus for re-invention– Organizer transferred from Decatur Campus to
GPC Online (Fall 2009)
• Talk series folded into GPC’s STEM Initiative
• Expansion of topics to all STEM fields• Expansion of locations where talks are
given and attended from• Audio/Video records of talks accessible to
those who cannot attend live talk
Synchronous Distance Delivery Methods
• GSAMS– Connecting rooms on different campuses– Each room sees and hears all other rooms on TV
screens– Speaker uses microphone, camera on speaker
with power point in background
• Wimba– Online conferencing application– Speaker uses microphone, speaker and power
point in separate windows– Anyone with internet can join from anywhere– Includes chat, voice, video, polling
GSAMS Issues• GSAMS capable rooms must be available
on several campuses at the same time–Making arrangements is complicated and
time consuming, a lot of lead time needed
• Standing GSAMS rooms are too small to accommodate speaker with ftf audience
• Mobile GSAMS units in regular classrooms have more technical difficulties
• Difficulties with taking attendance at remote locations and receiving those records
Recording/GSAMS Issue
• Need for recording and archiving talks– Members of online community have widely
varying schedules– Only small fraction can join live talk
• GSAMS disadvantages: – Video recording must be arranged separately– Conversion to format able to be streamed via
internet must be arranged separately– Too many people’s schedules to deal with– Too much turn around time to set up room,
technology, recording, video file conversion
Wimba Online Meeting Environment
• One time set up of Wimba room– Reusable for all talks
• Wimba session recorded with click of button– No separate arrangements required
• Archived Wimba sessions replay live sessions– Individual parts are accessible as time
segments
• Wimba provides archived sessions in mp3 and mp4 format– Downloadable for podcast
Wimba Online Meeting Environment cont.
• Wimba room requested from Scott Sarisky (Wimba, iCollege, etc. administrator)
• How to get started with Wimba: http://www.gpc.edu/~gpcmeet/
• Wimba training: http://www.gpc.edu/~gpcits/training/training_policies.html
• Training handouts: http://www.gpc.edu/~gpcits/training/handouts/meetingpdf/wimba_classroom_nonwebct.pdf
Wimba Room: Popular STEM Talks
• Wimba room name: Popular STEM Talks
• Room login for participants: http://67.202.209.30/launcher.cgi?room=stem
• Room login for presenter: http://67.202.209.30/launcher.cgi?room=stem;presenter=1
• Login 15 min before session and run Wimba Set Up Wizard– Checks and installs all necessary applications–May need headphones with microphone
Wimba Room: Presenter Screen
Wimba Room: Content Controls
Top: can start and stop archiving of session
Presentation displayed in eBoard: allows annotations
Select from imported power point files (drop down arrow), import button on very right
Wimba Room: Audio Controls
Quality of presenter’s internet connection
Talk button, presenter can lock it so it is always on, otherwise hold while talk
Indicators of speaker and microphone signal
Webcam switch
Call-in phone numberand pin number
Wimba Room: Participant Status
Status indicators: changed by participants with buttons on lower left
Presenter’s controls for participants’video, audio, chat, and co-presentersYes
No
Raise handHow you feel right now
Room pulse, see next slide
Wimba Room: Room Pulse
I’m the only person in the room: I agree, raise my hand, and I’m confused!
And I have a lousy connection, maybe that’s why I’m confused…
Wimba: PPT Display on “eboard”
Wimba Room: Archive
Play whole presentation with “Archive Start”Or click on individual time markers
Presence in archive is recorded
Popular STEM Talks Fall 2010
Speaker Title Date
Time Room
Dion Stewart
The Science of Natural and Synthetic Diamonds
10/4 1:30 pm CN-2240
Michael Seigle
Political Polling: Advantages and Uses in the Georgia 2010 Elections
10/11
1:30 pm CN-2240
Steve Fitzpatrick
Modeling Wildfires 10/22
1:30 pm CC-1220
Fred Buls Newest Images from the Far Side of the Moon
TBA TBA TBA
David Suddoth
We Use Math Everyday But Don’t Know It!
TBA TBA TBA
login for participants: http://67.202.209.30/launcher.cgi?room=stem