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Video Conferencing in Higher Education
TIF Telecoms Technology Members Evening26th November 2008
John Boland, Chief Executive, HEAnet
Outline of Presentation
• HEAnet and its Network Infrastructure
• Video Conferencing Services for HE & R
• Case Studies
• Future Directions and Plans
Members of HEAnet Ltd
• 7 Universities• 13 Institutes of Technology• Dublin Institute of Technology• Tipperary Institute, NCI, NCRI• HEA, NUI, NCAD, NQAI• CAO, HETAC, IRCSET• HRB, EPA, RIA >>>>>>>• In excess of 150,000 user community• DES / 4000 Schools accessing the infrastructure
Ireland’s National Education and Research Network :
•Providing high quality Internet Services to Irish universities, Institutes of Technology and the research and educational community, including all Irish primary and post-primary schools;
•Playing an essential role in facilitating leading edge research involving national collaboration amongst Irish researchers and students and internationally with HE&R community across the globe;
“HEAnet is at the cornerstone of developing Ireland’s knowledge economy”
INEX
Belfast
CitywestDublinGalway
Limerick
Cork
Rate of Network Growth
Network Traffic
• National and International Dark Fibre Network• Irish Internet Traffic Record 5.32 GBit/s• Over 12,000 concurrent viewers on Budget Day
Video Conferencing Services for Higher Education &
Research
Video Conferencing Services• Network• GDS• Gateway
• MCU• Video Conferencing• Archiving
Global Dialling Scheme
• International Video Conferencing Dialling Scheme
• HEAnet hosts National and Global Root Servers
• Allows simple dialling of national and international Video Conferencing endpoints and services
ISDN Gateway
• Allows legacy Video Conferencing endpoints & telephone users to avail of HEAnet’s Video Conferencing services
POTS GDS
IP Network
Multipoint Controller Unit (MCU)
• Host up to 40 concurrent High Definition calls
• Webcast virtual meeting rooms
• Unlimited number of virtual meeting rooms
• A unique video stream for each participant
Video Conferencing Archiving
Case Studies
• Video Conference Archiving– Tyndall Institute– Conway Institute– Weekly Lecture Archiving
Case Studies
• UCD – School of Medicine– 4 Sites connected at HD– Multiple other sites viewing webcast– HD Medical Imaging
• Design Week Ireland: Reform ‘08– 3 Site HD Event– Cork School of Music– Carlow IT– Guest Lecture from Professor in Germany
High Definition Conferencing
CIF (352x288) V's HD (1280x720)
Telepresence
• Multi-screen High Definition• Immersive Experience• True Eye-to-Eye Contact
• Bandwidth not excessive• Low latency is key
High Definition VC
HD Video Conferencing Tender
• Recognition that Video Conferencing can play a vital role• Cost effective and environmentally friendly • Facilitating collaboration between staff, researchers and students in
the Higher Education community.
• HEAnet pushing HD video conferencing as standard platform for large HE & R institutions
• To promote the use of video conferencing, we are procuring a number of High Definition Video Conference end-points, for installation in client meeting rooms.
• Meetings• Conferences (Remote presentation)• Distance Learning• Music Classes• Lifelong learning• Employee Orientation• Training• Interviews
Video Conferencing Uses
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