Introduction to SMA’s Distance Learning Classroom 2003 Summer Conference Julita Kussmaul SMA Distance Learning Manager

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 1 Session Objectives Introduce the new students to SMA’s Distance Education technology Familiarize the students with the teaching process Meet SMA Faculty

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 2 Agenda SMA’s facts, objectives and successes SMA Distance Education overview Teaching process: 2 modes of delivery –Synchronous: beaming sessions –Asynchronous: on-demand streaming Meeting the MIT SMA Faculty Fellows

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 3 Today’s Session 5-site videoconference over Internet2 Live, interactive session 2 streams: video and data Hosted jointly with Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) Internet2 MIT MCU Class RI Room CIT AUD Singapore Cambridge, MA, USA SingAREN NUS Class Conf Room

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 4 SMA Facts Partnership since 1999 among MIT, NUS and NTU SMA-1 to conclude in 2 years; SMA-2 to commence in 2005 To-date 459 SMA students participated in the Program 5 academic programs –Average of 35 Masters and 5 PhD students 45 MIT faculty and roughly the same number from Singapore

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 5 SMA’s Objectives Create new graduate subjects and curricula Develop new and innovative research programs Establish a greater MIT connection in Asia Evaluate a variety of distance interaction technologies

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 6 SMA’s Successes Stimulated interdisciplinary curriculum development and research activities at MIT Several programs introduced new MIT courses now open to all MIT students Enhanced 25 SMA subjects that are also offered as MIT subjects to MIT students Provided research funds to MIT SMA Faculty

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 7 SMA Distance Education Overview Live, interactive class sessions held daily at 7AM-10AM and at 7PM-10PM 3-4 classes transmitted to Singapore in each time slot 4 smart classrooms at MIT; 4 at NUS and 1 at NTU Over 1,000 hours of live classes delivered, recorded and streamed in the 02/03 academic year

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 8 Classroom Live Beaming Classroom Live Beaming Faculty Stellar Learning Mgt System Stellar Learning Mgt System Beaming Infrastructure Beaming Infrastructure SMA Website SMA Website Digitization Videotaped Lectures Backups FTP Server Posted to Website Stellar Faculty Distance Students Distance Students SMA Educational Technology Infrastructure Research Interaction Rooms Research Interaction Rooms Designed, operated and supported by AMPS

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 9 SMA Teaching Process Synchronous delivery –Technology tour of the participating sites Smart Classroom Smart Classroom –Larry Gallagher, Director of MIT Video Production and DE Delivery, AMPS

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 10 SMA Teaching Process NUS CIT Auditorium MIT Research Interaction Room –David Scannell, Videoconferencing Systems Administrator, AMPS MIT Conference Room –Peter Hess, SMA Faculty Liaison, AMPS

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 11 SMA Teaching Process –David Mycue; Principal Strategist, Digital Technologies and Head of Streaming Operations; AMPS

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 12 SMA Teaching Process – Internet2 Map

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 13 SMA Teaching Process – Internet2 Map

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 14 SMA Teaching Process – Internet2 Map

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 15 SMA Teaching Process Asynchronous delivery – Viewing Mode 1 or

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 16 SMA Teaching Process Asynchronous delivery – Viewing Mode 2

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 17 SMA Teaching Process Asynchronous delivery – Viewing Mode 3 Lower bitrate with similar quality for off- campus viewing.

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 18 Meeting the MIT SMA Faculty Discussion about –Class participation –Faculty expectations –Tips and suggestions

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 19 SMA MIT Faculty Professor Stephen C. Graves Abraham Siegel Professor of Management SMA Faculty Fellow, IMST

2003 Summer Conference 7/23/03 20 SMA MIT Faculty Professor Charles E. Leiserson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering SMA Faculty Fellow, Programme Chair, CS Adjunct Professor, NUS

SMA MIT Faculty Professor David E. Hardt Professor of Mechanical Engineering SMA Faculty Fellow, Programme Chair, IMST

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