Education, Public Broadcasting & the Internet: Keys to Collaboration University Place Conference Center and Hotel Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana March 24-25, 2004 Sponsored by:
Education, Public Broadcasting & the Internet: Keys to Collaboration, which was organized by the Video Development Initiative (ViDe), Georgia Public Broadcasting and members of the PBS-Quilt Interest Group, concluded March 25, 2004. The purpose of the workshop was to highlight notable projects that are taking place within the University and Public Broadcasting communities today, particularly with regard to implementing large-scale content management systems and developing frameworks for interoperability and collaboration. Archives of the presentations are available below. The workshop was webcast, and archives of the sessions are available in Real, QuickTime and Windows Media formats.      > Asset Management and Datacasting (2 hours)      > Interoperability (1 hour)      > Infrastructure and 3D Simulations (1.5 hour)      > E-Links and Wrap-Up (1 hour) One of the outcomes of the Workshop was the creation of a discussion list, Digital Media and Broadcasting, which was intended to: raise awareness of existing work and developments in the area of education and public broadcasting over the Internet; increase communication between universities that are interested and involved in public broadcasting and national public broadcasting organizations and initiatives; and encourage the development of partnerships between higher education, research, public broadcasting and relevant vendor communities. The list is open to anyone interested in participating in this work. To subscribe, simply send an email to listserv@listserv.vide.net and in the body of the message include the line "subscribe dm-broad". Workshop Proceedings WEDNESDAY, March 24 6:00 - 9:00 pm        Evening Reception, Buffet Dinner and Keynote David Liroff Vice President and Chief Technology Officer WGBH Educational Foundation > real      quicktime [low bandwidth] [high bandwidth]     word document THURSDAY, March 25 8:00 - 8:10 am        Welcome Mike Nixon, IT Director, Georgia Public Broadcasting 8:10 - 9:10 am        Public Broadcasting Asset Management Initiatives Session Lead: Dennis Haarsager, Associate Vice President and General Manager, Educational Telecommunications and Technology, Washington State University Panelists: David Liroff, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, WGBH Educational Foundation André Mendes, Chief Technology Integration Officer, PBS Nathan McQueen, Streaming Media Architect, ResearchChannel-University of Washington > powerpoint presentation Alison White, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Public broadcasters and related public service and educational programmers have recognized that common asset management solutions are necessary for digital distribution over both legacy and new distribution platforms. This panel includes a report on the collaborative effort to establish PB Core, a common metadata dictionary for public broadcasting, and also has a report from many of the digital asset management leaders in this sector. 9:10 - 10:10 am        Datacasting (demonstration included) Session Lead: Byron Knight, Director of Broadcasting and Media Innovations, University of Wisconsin Extension Panelists: Lloyd Wright, President and CEO, WFYI-TV Gomer Thomas, Sr., Technical Staff, Triveni Digital, Inc. Kevin Siminski, Director of Operations, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS) Rick Crosslin, School Liaison for Science Learning, Indianapolis Children's Museum > handouts (pdf format) Convergence is here. The new technology of digital broadcasting allows speaks the same language as computers, ones and zeros. This capability allows public television broadcasters to use some of the digital spectrum to broadcast streaming video and video files directly to computers. See datacasting LIVE on WFYI-TV, broadcasting a demonstration created especially for this workshop by WFYI-TV, the Indianapolis Children's Museum and Triveni Digital. Learn how digital television multicasting will be used by Indiana Higher Education System (IHETS) to deliver education through digital television. 10:10 - 10:30 am        Break 10:30 - 11:30 am        Focus on Interoperability Mike Aubin, Director of Digital Development, Maryland Public Television > powerpoint presentation Thinkport, a K-12 web site developed by Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education, is a comprehensive resource for teachers that features student activities, lesson plans, online video clips, electronic field trips, and tools to enable teachers to create and customize their own content. A key feature of Thinkport is the inclusion of metadata for all content resources using the GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) standards. This tagging allows Thinkport to share resources with content developed by 3rd party providers. Thinkport's partnership with PBS TeacherSource lesson plans is a prime example of how this technology is benefiting teachers. 11:30 - 1:00 pm        Lunch and Guest Speaker: The Golden Age of Technology André Mendes, Vice President and Chief Technology Integration Officer, PBS > real      quicktime [low bandwidth] [high bandwidth]     powerpoint presentation As technology continues to accelerate, cultural tenets, long held beliefs and venerable institutions fall by the wayside. Amidst this creative destruction, powerful forces give rise to new paradigms, old scripts get replayed and, surprisingly enough, we can point the way to what will be by looking at what it was. 1:00 - 2:00 pm        Emerging Infrastructure for Collaboration Ken Klingenstein (via videoconference), Director, Middleware Initiative, Internet2 > powerpoint presentation With its need for collaboration among individuals at different institutions, higher education has been the pioneering force in the development of such inter-institutional technologies as the Internet. Those collaborative requirements foretold similar needs within the corporate world and the broader community. In the last several years, a set of activities within higher education has again set the course for new capabilities in networked communication, and will likely catalyze a broader marketplace in middleware services. This session will review the critical elements of collaboration infrastructure being assembled, and speculate wildly about the markets we are making. 2:00 - 2:20 pm        Project Sampler Session Lead: Kathleen McMonigal, ResearchChannel The Educational Potential of 3-D Simulations Dave Cillay, Director of Special Projects, Extended University Services, Washington State University Dennis Harsaager, Associate Vice President and General Manager, Educational Telecommunications and Technology, Washington State University This session will explore the potential of 3-D, educational simulations in the arena of teaching and learning. Participants will be guided through several established educational ?universes? by an avatar guide. Participants will also be afforded the opportunity to ask questions of that guide. The session is designed to provide an introduction into the world of 3-D simulations. We will look at design options, potential opportunities and limitations, and how to get started. The session will also be very interactive. No lurkers allowed. 2:20 - 2:40 pm        Break 2:40 - 3:30 pm        Project Sampler (continued) Session Lead: Kathleen McMonigal, ResearchChannel E-Links Project Tina Hauser, New Media Specialist, Wisconsin Public Television > powerpoint presentation Nathan McQueen, Streaming Media Architect, ResearchChannel-University of Washington > powerpoint presentation Wisconsin Public Television is leading a national demonstration in sharing "ready-to-edit" and "ready-to-air" video resources between University-licensed stations connected over Internet2. This session will discuss the technology, collaboration, development, and demonstration of sharing of "ready-to-edit" materials among station producers working on collaborative projects. Working in conjunction with the ResearchChannel consortium on the DigitalWell infrastructure (developed at the University of Washington), collaborating stations include Wisconsin PTV, Ohio State, Penn State and others. ResearchChannel will provide the interface and storage, integration with the Public Broadcasting Core Metadata schema, and FTP "station-to-station FTP manager." ResearchChannel distribution of digital video over Internet2 has enabled new collaborations and spurred the development of applications and infrastructure required for video-on-demand projects. Come see how this new collaboration with university-based PBS stations will make possible new workflow models, new partnerships, and cost-efficiencies for all of public television. PBS-Quilt Interest Group Kathleen McMonigal, ResearchChannel PBS, The Quilt and ResearchChannel have all joined to create useful applications for "natural content" such as images from space, zoos, and wild environments. The group explores new content creation and distribution methods for High Definition, including how to integrate the content into educational uses. The first experiments provided many lessons-learned for the group. This session will discuss not ony the success and failures but the next project steps. 3:30 - 4:00 pm        Wrap-Up and Next Steps: Staying Current, Staying in Touch Moderators: Byron Knight, Director of Broadcasting and Media Innovations, University of Wisconsin Extension Amy Philipson, Executive Director, ResearchChannel