Inaugural Ohio Video Intranet Conference "Navigating Ohio's Technology Roadmap" November 3-4, 1999 The Fawcett Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Conference Program

Wednesday, November 3, 1999

10-5 pm - Registration

Pre-Conference Lunch and Workshop 1-5 p.m. Room C,D

"Introduction to Infrastructure" - Doug Gale, Director, OARnet

This half-day workshop is designed for managers and administrators faced with making technology decisions, but who want to be better informed about the current and future states of technology. Two themes will be explored: "Campus Communications Infrastructure for the 21st Century" and "Multimedia Over Digital Networks." The first theme reviews the requirements for supporting voice, video, and data communications in the 21st century and presents recommendations for strategies that minimize cost and maximize flexibility. The second theme considers the convergence of voice, video, and data communications and reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the various technologies that are being promoted. Some of the issues that will be addressed in detail are "voice over IP" and digital video to support both distributed and campus instruction.

Video Vendor Fair and Reception 5 - 7 p.m. Room A, B

A wide range of vendors has been invited to display and demonstrate their products at the OVI vendor fair. Among the vendors participating are Apple Computer, CISCO, DataServ, IBM, RADVision, VCON, Sun Microsystems, and SGI. In addition, Borders Books will have a display of the best in print about distance education and technology.

Thursday, November 4, 1999

7:30-9 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast - Auditorium Lobby

8:30 am - Keynote Presentation: Chancellor Roderick W. Chu

Listen to Dr. Chu's keynote speech. (Audio Only)

 

9:30 -11:30 am - Concurrent Sessions:

Session I - Video IP - morning session Rms. 6 & 7; afternoon session Rms. 2 & 3

"Digital Video in the Educational Environment" - Larry Amiot, Visiting Research Scientist, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Argonne National Laboratories.

"Internet Videoconferencing: Performance, Costs, Philosophy," - Dr. Robert Dixon, Chief Research Engineer, Office of the CIO, Ohio State University.

View the video from this session. Larry Amiot Bob Dixon

 

Session II - Pedagogy - morning session Rm. 4; afternoon session Rms. 8 & 9

"Developing Course Content Using Multimedia: A Case Study in Elementary Spanish," - Dr. Rosemary DuMont, Director of Academic Computing and Technology, Kent State University INT

"Television in the Digital Age," - Dr. Carolyn Lewis, Director, Telecommunications Center, Ohio University; and Dr. Doug Partusch, Director, Development Marketing TCOM Center, Ohio University.

"Libraries that Go the Distance: An Overview of Kent State University's MLS Program," - Dr. Danny Wallace, Director, School of Library Science, Kent State University.

"Increasing Student Participation in the Distance Learning Classroom" - Dr. Gary Coombs, Associate Professor of Business, Ohio University.

"Streaming Media for Distributed Education: "Using Windows Media technologies for delivering classroom content at the University of Cincinnati." - Dr. Manfred K. Wolfram, Professor & Department Head of the Electronic Media Division, University of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Tom J. Streeter, Electronic Media Division, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

View the video from this session.

 

Session III - Infrastructure Issues in Ohio - morning session Rms. 2 & 3; afternoon session Rms. 6 & 7

Presenters: Doug Gale, Director, OARnet, and Tim Steiner, State of Ohio, Department of Administrative Services.

1. Vision: What is it we want to do?

2. Survey of State Activities

3. Internet2, the Next Generation Internet, and the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Centers: How will impending changes in the Internet affect the delivery of video services?

4. ONEnet and Schoolnet: How does Ohio plan to support video services in K-12?

5. Campus Communications Infrastructure for the 21st Century: What should a campus do to prepare for the future?

View the video from this session.

 

Session IV - Funding and Policy - morning session Rms. 8 & 9; afternoon session Rm. 4

"Addressing Rural and Urban Wide-bandwidth Need"- Dr. Mark Weinberg, Director of ILGARD, Ohio University; and Dr. David Sweet, Dean of the College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University.

"Common Technology Infrastructure: A Policy Perspective" - Pari Sabety, Director, Technology Policy Group, Ohio Supercomputer

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LUNCH 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Rooms C, D

TOWN HALL - "Navigating Ohio's Technology Road Map" 12:30 - 1:30 pm - Auditorium

Listen to the town hall meeting. (Audio only)

 

1:30 - 3:30 pm - Repeat of Morning Sessions (see above for room assignments)

3:30 - 4:00 pm - Conference Closing Remarks - Auditorium