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The ProblemArizona State University's main campus is located between the streets of Mill and Rural and University and Apache in the city of Tempe, Arizona. ASU's academic influence, though, is felt worldwide. This is largely due to the work of ASU's Information Technology Instruction Support Group (IT/IS). ASU conferences and events involve participants from around the country and often the world. The challenge has been to find an economical method to involve the remote participants without bringing them to Arizona. The SolutionASU's Jim Casey serves as "Technology Research Analyst" for the Instruction Support Group at ASU. His mission is to support and enhance the instructional efforts of ASU with technology. To this end, IT/IS has conducted workshops and seminars to inform educators about the possibilities of the technologies and services they offer. Once educators are aware of the possibilities, they quickly adapt and adopt the technology for their own purposes. One recent example, the IT/IS-sponsored Telesculpture 99, was an online conference on computerized rapid prototyping. The colloquium brought together an international "who's who" of artists and scientists in the field of 3D digital media, combining both hands-on studio work and round-table discussions. The participants shared and explored digital 3D models, which were then used to create "real-world" sculptures. In Telesculpture 99, participants in Manchester, England; Paris, France; and Cincinnati, Ohio were connected to ASU using EnVision, Sorenson Vision's revolutionary desktop visual collaboration system. The high-quality audio and video from these locations were mixed and edited by ASU's IT/IS team, then sent back out via EnVision. The colloquium was also encoded as a live QuickTime broadcast and streamed to the Web for viewing by a broader audience. The QuickTime webcast was done using Sorenson Broadcaster, the premiere QuickTime streaming solution. Innovation can be contagious. Gary Hill, director of ASU's symphonic band, heard about Telesculpture and contacted Casey and his group. Band music, he explains, "is often difficult for people to access." To deal with this problem, they "invited two of the featured composers to discuss their music prior to performance, hoping to help the first-time listener understand what they are trying to express." During the performance, composers Jim Mobberley and Frank Ticheli were interviewed via EnVision, with the interviewer in Tempe, Mobberley in Missouri, and Richeli in California. The interviews were projected onto a large overhead screen for the audience in the auditorium. In addition, video and audio of the interviews and the musical performance were broadcast directly to the Web using Sorenson Broadcaster. Further information about IT/IS's past, current and future events can be found online at http://is.asu.edu/events/. "Our faculty has the need to use technology in the classroom. ...But to show them how, they need someone who understands academic concerns." Jim Casey The DepartmentASU's Information Technology Instruction Support group is dedicated to creating commu- nity mindshare through any and all technologies available. IT/IS not only coordinates and executes events for ASU and other institutions, it also provides full documentation on the procedures and tools they use, so others can duplicate their efforts. | |
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