Internet2 Videoconferencing Service Gearing Up
With Site Coordinator Training
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Karen Partlow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, (217) 265-0395
or
kpartlow@cic.uiuc.edu
December 13, 2001-A certification program for Internet2 Commons
Site
Coordinators-the first of its kind designed to prepare prospective
campus
site coordinators to participate in the new worldwide videoconferencing
service-was held on November 29-30, 2001 at the Pyle Center on the
campus of
University Wisconsin-Madison. Forty-four individuals representing
nineteen
institutions of higher learning and affiliated organizations, primarily
from
the Midwest, attended the training, coordinated by the Committee
on
Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Successful completion of this training
certified the participants as eligible to perform the duties of
Internet2
Commons Site Coordinator.
The Internet2 Commons is a framework for collaboration throughout
the
research and education community that encourages one-to-one, one-to-group,
and group-to-group collaborations. These interactive communications
include
meetings, conferences, and activities related to teaching and learning.
While the Internet2 Commons will eventually comprise a large set
of
collaboration services, it is initially focusing on services related
to
videoconferencing. The services provided by the Internet2 Commons
are
available to Internet2 members, Abilene participants, and their
international counterparts. More information about the Internet2
Commons can
be found at http://www.internet2.edu/html/commons.html.
Sponsors of the training course included the CIC, University of
Wisconsin-Extension and SKC Communications, Inc. The instructors
were
nationally recognized professionals in videoconferencing from Indiana
University, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin-Extension
and SKC
Communications, Inc. The course included components on videoconferencing
etiquette, H.323 basics, room design considerations, operating and
troubleshooting procedures, multipoint conferencing, gatekeepers,
gateways,
network considerations, Internet2 Commons procedures, and hands-on
exercises.
The course planning committee expects to refine the curriculum based
on the
results from the training evaluation and then provide this training
again,
possibly in late spring 2002.
Founded in 1958, the CIC is a consortium of 12 research universities
including the 11 members of the Big Ten Athletic Conference and
the
University of Chicago. For more information about the CIC, visit
their Web
site at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu.
_________________________________________________
Karen M. Partlow
Program Administrator, Learning & Information Technologies
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
302 E. John St., Suite 1705, Champaign, Illinois 61820-5698
Phone: (217) 265-0395 Fax: (217) 244-7127
Email: kpartlow@cic.uiuc.edu
Web site: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu
Secretary: Cindy Chastain, chastain@uiuc.edu
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