PIPVIC - Workshop for Tutors

Room 214 Pearson Building
Dept of Computer Science
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

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Program

12.30    Welcome and introduction to the project (MAS)

12.40    Initial concerns - Group discussion (DH)
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13.15    Introduction to workstations and videoconferencing tools (LC and MAS)

14.00    Experiences with using videoconferencing for language teaching (MGN)
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14.30    Experiences with using videoconferencing for tutorials and peer interactions (DH)
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15.00    Coffee and Q&A

15.30    A guide to using this technology for remote tutorials and lectures (LC and MAS)
            Will cover topics such as audio and video quality, numbers of students per session,       preparation of    materiels, etc.)
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16.15    Q &A (All)
            Discussion: initial concerns revisited (DH)

17.00    Close

Tutors attending from remote sites should do swap around the two first items on the program (after lunch), so the introduction to workstations and videoconferencing will be at 12.30 and the initial concerns will be at 13.15.

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Background Reading

Paper by Jane Huges and Angela Sasse (1997) (PostScript)

Paper by David Hearnshaw (1997) (htm)

Introduction to multicast conferencing (html)

PIPVIC Multicast Addresses

audio     224.2.174.66/24288
video     224.2.245.205/64080
wb        224.2.245.60/46649
nte        224.2.177.34/50470