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ICTP Workshop 2007/Strands

Please note that the present pages on the ICTP workshop were obtained from a mediawiki used during the workshop. There may be a number of links that go to missing pages, and other inconsistencies. Much of it is also very informal, and should be seen as workshop notes!

This page gives details of the workshop content grouped by workshop strands and speakers. To see a chronological overview, see ICTP Workshop 2007/Events.

The 'EyA' links refer to ICTP EyA recordings, please read ICTP Workshop 2007/About EyA Recordings before trying to view them!

Contents 1 Content Grouped by Strands and Speakers 1.1 Overview lectures on Web 2.0, 1.2 Content production 1.3 Automated lecture recording systems and institutional workflows

[edit] 1 Content Grouped by Strands and Speakers

[edit] 1.1 Overview lectures on Web 2.0,

Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Media-rich initiatives at Universities and research institutes.

• Ismael Pena-Lopez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
  • Conference 2.0: Scientists and Web 2.0, EyA 11.30, then EyA 12.30
  • Web 2.0 and the Digital Divide
    • Pena-Lopez (slides and audio in flash),
    • EyA 1pm, from image 71, then continued here EyA 2pm
  • Personal Research Portal, EyA 2pm, EyA 3pm
• Carlo Fonda (ICTP-SDU)
  • Standards for Web Design: Best Practices
    • EyA 2pm, from image 217, continued here EyA 3pm
    • Lecture notes: PDF, 800KB
    • Participant produced slides and audio Fonda lecture
• Marco Ronchetti
  • LODE: Critical Analysis of a Lecture Video-Recording Initiative,
  • NEEDLE: Attaching Semantics to Videos
    • Notes on both lectures: ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes - Lode Lecture
    • Participant produced audio with synchronised slides: Lecture 1, Lecture 2
    • EyA recordings: EyA recording 9am, EyA recording 10am, EyA recording 11am
  • The Semantic Web Perspective
    • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Semantic Web
    • Also see ICTP Workshop 2007/Some suggestions for the semantic extension)
    • Eya 9am - from image 36, continued on Eya 10am
• Philip E. Bourne
  • Thoughts on the Future of Scientific Dissemination
    • EyA recording
    • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Future of Scientific Dissemination
  • SciVee: YouTube for Scientists
    • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on SciVee
    • Eya 10am from image 78, then Eya 11am, then Eya 12am
• Mauro Messerotti (INAF-OATS)
  • Semantic Virtual Observatories: The New Frontier in Science and Education,
    • (lecture notes: PDF, 5MB)
    • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Semantic Virtual Observatories
    • EyA: Eya 9am, from image 22, continued on Eya 10am

[edit] 1.2 Content production

Bjoern Hassler, University of Cambridge, Content Production workshops. Most of these sessions are interactive workshop sessions, with only some up-front lecturing.

• Introduction to Content Production
  • The first part of this session led to the ICTP Workshop 2007/Overview, see EyA 3pm)
  • Investigation of the ICTP Workshop 2007/Academic Media Landscape: EyA 4pm (start about 1/2 way through from image 65), continued here EyA 5pm
• Principles of Audio Recording and Editing
  • EyA 5pm, starts about 5 minutes in, from image 11
  • Lecture notes and writeup for all content sessions: ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions
• Content Production: Blogging, podcasts, and audacity
  • EyA 9am, image 14 onwards: practical blogging exercise
  • EyA 9am, image 60 onwards: podcasting
  • EyA 9am, image 211 onwards: Audacity continued
  • EyA 10am, audacity session continued until about image 70, then tea break, resumes at image 171
• Content Production, Ideas and Equipment (see ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions).
  • (EyA 10am), image 176: Audacity continued
  • (EyA 11am), a little further discussion, then workshop (no audio)
• Content Production workshop session
  • EyA 4pm, the workshop continues: content group (audio editing), Moodle installation, Web hosting group, workshop then continues to dinner.
• Aspects of video/audio encoding and hosting. (This session took the form of a longer lecture session.)
  • Bjoern's Tech Presentation
  • EyA recording 6pm, from image 50 (no sound)
  • Recording to follow
• Content Production workshop session, announcement Eya 5pm from img 34.
• Ubuntu Video Workshop and open Weekend Lab with introduction to film making

Participant contribution:

• Reporting back on content sessions
  • EyA recording 12am, from beginning
  • Wordpress - Raymond Tsongorera
  • Wordpress - Rosalina
  • Wordpress - Mahinda
  • Moodle - Givemore Dube
  • Video - Imad Khudeir
  • Audacity + Slides - Kithsiri Liyanage
  • Bandwidth and compression - Mathe Maema
• Case Studies by Participants
  • Imad Khudeir, Eya 3pm from 94
  • Givemore Dube, Eya 4pm
  • Mahinda, Eya 4pm
  • Cristian Cechinel, Eya 4pm
  • Jan Groenewald, Eya 4pm
  • Raymond Tsongorera, Eya 4pm

Alex Ferener (CREDIS, Universito of Bucharest) and the CREDIS team

• Building Rich Media Tutorials with Open Source,
• Wink workshop

[edit] 1.3 Automated lecture recording systems and institutional workflows

• EyA Automated Recording System: Overview of Digital Lectures at ICTP, Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro (ICTP-SDU)
  • (lecture notes: PDF, 2.3MB)
  • Eya 9am from img 37, continued here Eya 10am
  • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on EyA
• virtPresenter: Overview on Theory & Practice, Robert Mertens et al. (University of Osnabrueck)
  • Eya 10am from img 153, continued Eya 11am
  • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on virtPresenter
• Automated Mobile Video Recording System at Maribor, Primoz Kosec (University of Maribor)
  • EyA recording Eya 2pm
  • ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on vELAP
• iTunesU and Podcast Producer, Alan Greenberg (Apple EMEA Higher Education)
• Apple Solution for Content Development and Publication with QuickTime, Marco Bossi, Marco Rozza (Apple Italia)