1. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl1 Low Threshold Video Conferencing A simpler way to inclusion

2. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl2 Introduction What is inclusion? How can VC help? What we are going to do. Who we are doing it for. Setting up an LTVS (Low Threshold Video Session)

3. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl3 What is inclusion? Two reasons for VC; inclusion and improvement of the learning process. Inclusion is helping disabled students be more a part of the educational process.

4. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl4 How VC can help Teaching is more than pointing out text on a computer screen (and not everyone can read that well.) Learning is linked to motivation and F2F contact is a motivating factor in distance education –Students feel more a part of the group

5. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl5 What we did (and who we did it for) Developed a training video that gives teachers insight into how a LTVS can be set up. –Practical advice (“where to put the camera”) –Given in an approachable manner (video on YouTube) –Simple technologies (web cams and Breeze) –A tested product (we experimented with it first)

6. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl6 What are the desired end results of the training video? Teachers can easily set up a LTVS for students not able to be present in the lectures. Students will be able to watch a lecture and interact with classmates. Click here to see the training videohere

7. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl7 Directions for a LTVS For hardware you need... A web cam A computer with internet A microphone

8. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl8 Directions for a LTVS For software you need... To go to www.surfgroepen.nl and sign up.www.surfgroepen.nl To go to your group’s homepage and click on the video conferencing icon Go to ‘meetings’ and click on ‘invite participant’ To configure the environment using ‘pods’

9. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl9 Directions for a LTVS For the actual class you need... To speak clearly in range of the microphone and webcam To repeat questions from the group to the webcam directly To write notes on the digital whiteboard

10. Impuls 2007Donald.Ropes@inholland.nl10 Help Is available on the Surfgroepen website, from ICTO and Adobe Connect Want to build on this concept? Please contact Donald.Ropes@inholland.nlDonald.Ropes@inholland.nl The training video is located at; (http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqJ6w N6CHY)http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqJ6w N6CHY End