Capturing Estonia - One for All

• 1. Capturing Estonia - One for AllMarko PuusaarInformation Technology Foundation for EducationInnovation Centre for Digital EducationEcho360 EMEA Community Conference 2013

2. Photo: Jarek Jepera (copyrighted;used with the consent of Enterprise Estonia) 3. Photo: Kaarel Mikkin (copyrighted; used with the consent of Enterprise Estonia) 4. Our passionSupporting learningthrough the internet 5. Our passionSupporting learningthrough the internet 6. Some facts and figures We host (probably) the biggest Moodle installation inEurope with 100 000+ users and 47+ schools 7. Some facts and figures We host (probably) the biggest Moodle installation inEurope with 100 000+ users and 47+ schools With the help of European Social Fund we have supportedthe development of new e-learning materials in the amountof 3000+ European credit points (ECTS) 8. Some facts and figures We host (probably) the biggest Moodle installation inEurope with 100 000+ users and 47+ schools With the help of European Social Fund we have supportedthe development of new e-learning materials in the amountof 3000+ European credit points (ECTS) All the developed materials are freely available in ourcentral repository (www.e-ope.ee/en/repository/) under aCreative Commons license 9. Co-operationThe Estonian e-University consortiumThe Estonian e-VET consortiumThe Tiger School consortium (in the process of forming)The go-to partner for Estonian Ministry of Education andResearch regarding technology in education 10. Echo360 for AllSetting up a country-wide lecturecapture solution the Estonian way ;) 11. Looking back onhow it all started: August 2008 3 schools testing the newthing for a semester 2009 all the main universities in Estoniaadapted lecture capture to their workflow 2011 applied science universities joinedforces to start using lecture capture 12. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published 13. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published with only 29 classrooms equipped with the solution (someof them are mobile units) 14. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published with only 29 classrooms equipped with the solution (someof them are mobile units) 359 000+ views 15. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published with only 29 classrooms equipped with the solution (someof them are mobile units) 359 000+ views 150+ hours captured every week 16. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published with only 29 classrooms equipped with the solution (someof them are mobile units) 359 000+ views 150+ hours captured every week 14 universities and applied science universities using thesame solution 17. Today 7450+ lectures recorded and published with only 29 classrooms equipped with the solution (someof them are mobile units) 359 000+ views 150+ hours captured every week 14 universities and applied science universities using thesame solution about 50 000+ students (potentially benefitting from lecturecapture) 18. How it call came to be?1. A bunch of crazy people believed in it! 19. How it call came to be?1. A bunch of crazy people believed in it!2. The Estonian Ministry of Education and Researchsupported the initial investment 20. How it call came to be?1. A bunch of crazy people believed in it!2. The Estonian Ministry of Education and Researchsupported the initial investment3. Some felt left out and decided to join because the hipschools were doing it 21. How it call came to be?1. A bunch of crazy people believed in it!2. The Estonian Ministry of Education and Researchsupported the initial investment3. Some felt left out and decided to join because the hipschools were doing it4. EU funding for innovation in applied science universitieshelped a lot 22. How it call came to be?1. A bunch of crazy people believed in it!2. The Estonian Ministry of Education and Researchsupported the initial investment3. Some felt left out and decided to join because the hipschools were doing it4. EU funding for innovation in applied science universitieshelped a lot5. The new users could join simply without worring abouttechnical details 23. Technical details 24. Classrooms Mostly SafeCapture HD appliances A zoo of audio and video equipment (mostly analogconnections). All classrooms connected to at least 100MBit/s internet. Mobile units have a separate router with them that doesDHCP for the appliance and computer used to monitor it. 25. EchoMonitorhttps://code.google.com/p/echomonitor/ 26. Servers VMWare cluster of 9 physical servers (shared with otherservices) 6 virtual servers dedicated to serve only the ESS 8+TB of storage for Echoes (original media deleted in 90-180days, final products saved indefinitely) 27. Support 1st level support in Estonia by e-mail, phone and Skype 2nd level support by Echo360 mediated by our foundation 28. Some interesting facts Variation of subjects captured:The Laws of Nature, Practical Mathematics, Esthetics,Ethics of Engineering, Women in Aviation Capturing really catches up if there is understading of theneed for it on the management level Capturing lectures has motivated lecturers to conduct moreself-evaluation of themselves as lecturers 29. Academic acceptance Step-by-step approach First the innovative lecturers lead the way and others willfollow ;) Students feedback! Lecturers need to know that capturinglectures is really needed Simple tools to help the lecturers 30. Cost managementTogether is easier to start and alsosave real money 31. Thank youLets talkMarko [email protected]: mpuusaarTwitter: @mpuusaar 32. Thanks for the images: Slide 12: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kusito/363846688/ by Markus M. under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurjohnpicton/5364226117/ by SomeDriftwood CC BY 2.0 Slides 25-28: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearlyambiguous/47939621/ by Scott Robinson CC BY 2.0 Slides 21-26: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cefeida/2167070556/ by Madzia Bryll under CC BY 2.0 Slides 31: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spree2010/4930764896/ by Ingo Bernhardt under CC BY 2.0