Idea - Video Recording

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• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  SFU does it too....
  SFU currently does have a system in place for recording lectures. They pay in excess of 50,000$ a year for a license to use the recording hardware/software which consists of a computer with a capture card (captures video stream and ppt slides off comp) a camera and the necessary software. Recorded lectures are only available to grad students.
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  I wonder why its not available to undergrads. Do we not pay enough tuition fees? Do they need more government assistance?
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  its not available because they dont have the money for the amount of systems they would need.
  
  lucky for you, there will be a solution to this by the end of the semester ;)
  edit: btw my pic should give it away ;) and it will come in the form of live lecture streaming :P
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Good. There are not enough of these resources, if were going to compete against the world we should at least have the same resources as them.
  
  I know someone whos a treasurer at SFU, and he told me there doing quite well. If that's the case we need more resources implemented.
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  ya the date to watch for will be
  April 2 poster session in the Applied Sciences Building between 2:30 and 4:30
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Will it be available to just applied science students or will it go into all faculties?
  
  Or will it start applied science and slowly branch out.
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  my group is developing a proposed solution to this issue
  where we decide to take it from there is up in the air :p if our solution is effective i dont see why the university wouldnt adopt it
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Best of luck man, Its late so were the only people responding but I bet what you and your group are doing is something everyone would support.
• Simon604

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  That's an awesome idea, props to kc2k8 for bringing it up and Bufli for actually doing something about it! I think video lectures are a natural transition for where the future of education is going...not everyone likes going to lecture especially people that live far away. Improved education which takes advantage of technology is a big area of interest for me, so if you ever need a hand let me know.
  
  Check out this article: iTunes U Proves Better Than Class
  
  Other schools are definitely taking advantage of this technology, SFU seems to lag somewhat when it comes to enhanced media (we barely make use of digital audio recordings let alone video).
  
  This is the type of initiative we need: Stanford on iTunes U
• lazyGUY

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  i dont like the idea of video recordings at sfu,
  a lot of ppl are gunna stay at home like they do with just audio recordings
  people already minimize time spent up there, imagine what this would do
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  People who choose to stay home is there right and loss. There are a lot of cool things to do at sfu. I want video recordings because sometimes you see something you don't understand, but if you were to see it again at your own pace you could. I'm sure there wouldn't be as many insults to professors teaching styles if there were recordings of lectures.
  
  Like I said we need to up the resources and make SFU students smarter. Honestly why would anybody hire a computer scientist in Canada at 50k a year, when they can hire somebody in india for 10k a year who is equally smart. This stands for any job.
  
  Outsourcing is the way of the future! We need to battle this to keep the best jobs here.
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Simon;49487 said:

  That's an awesome idea, props to kc2k8 for bringing it up and Bufli for actually doing something about it! I think video lectures are a natural transition for where the future of education is going...not everyone likes going to lecture especially people that live far away. Improved education which takes advantage of technology is a big area of interest for me, so if you ever need a hand let me know.
  
  Check out this article: iTunes U Proves Better Than Class
  
  Other schools are definitely taking advantage of this technology, SFU seems to lag somewhat when it comes to enhanced media (we barely make use of digital audio recordings let alone video).
  
  This is the type of initiative we need: Stanford on iTunes U

  Interesting Simon, I googled Itunes U with Canadian pages only and I saw http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=iTunes+U&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryCA
  
  So it seems its not canadian universities, its SFU.
• Student0667

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  This is definitely a good idea, especially for courses such as math or physics where the professors often use overheads and power points to explain concepts. Of course, how good these videos are will be are depended upon how good the profs are LIVE.
  
  Come to think about it, video recording of lecture may actually solve our course registration problem. I am not sure if this will work or not, but we could very well double course sizes by video recording the lecture in one lecture hall and simutainously broadcast the recording in another lecture hall. When it comes to Q&A time, TAs will be on hand to take questions from students, kind of like a talk show.
  
  I heard that this method is currently being used in some of after-school tutoring centers in Hong Kong, where the tutor will do his thing in one classroom and this will be broadcasted to another classroom, where another tutor (probably a junior tutor) will be onhand to host the class.
  
  The only problem that I can think of, so far, is that there may not be enough people to mark assignments and exams...
  
  As for LazyGuy's concerns. I can certainly see where you are getting at, but honestly to each his own, right? By not attending lecture, they are missing out.
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  sfu does have lectures up on iTunes see:
  http://cgi.sfu.ca/~lectures/pub_html_podcasts/cgi-bin/index.php
  http://itunesu.sfu.ca/
  
  @ lazy guy
  well u must consider the pros and cons of such a system.
  1. think of all the people who go to class and watch movies/play games/ dick about on the internet. well these ppl waste their own time and more often then not distract other students around them
  2. think of people who are sick or have other obligations and cannot attent one or more lectures, they have the benefit to watch the lecture live from home OR a recording at a later time
  
  would lecture sizes decrease? i doubt it.
• Burr14

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  If my classes had video recordings (or even audio for that matter) I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be showing up to any 8:30 lectures.
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Burr14;49514 said:

  If my classes had video recordings (or even audio for that matter) I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be showing up to any 8:30 lectures.

  have you checked http://podcast.sfu.ca/mylectures
  log in and it will show a list of your classes that have recordings
• Burr14

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Yeah I've checked. History isn't popular for recordings apparently.
• ralph2087

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  $50K a year?? cmon. the hardware can't be more than $1000/classroom and that should be a one-time fee. if the software is properly designed, it should be one click to start recording, and one click to stop. 5 seconds training to teach the professors.
  
  thanks for the link though bufli...didn't know about this. apparently my econ prof has been recording her lectures..
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  ^ its not really that ridiculous when u consider that hardware/software is always inflated when sold to businesses rather then individuals
  
  for example one piece of software i worked on many years ago sold to businesses for ~400$ per license, the exact same software re badged sold to home users for ~150$
• kc2k8

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  Shouldn't they give discounts to educational institutes?
• bufli

  March 2009 edited March 2009

  kc2k8;50002 said:

  Shouldn't they give discounts to educational institutes?

  edu what?
  sfu is a business ;)