San Bernardino San Bernardino Community College Community College

DistrictDistrictGlen Kuck, Ed.D. – Executive Director Glen Kuck, Ed.D. – Executive Director Distributed Education and Technology Distributed Education and Technology

ServicesServices

BackgroundBackground

Community Colleges and TelecoursesCommunity Colleges and Telecourses Concerns with academic rigorConcerns with academic rigor

Distance Learning Consortium of the Distance Learning Consortium of the Inland EmpireInland Empire Desire to exclude telecourses from Desire to exclude telecourses from

discussionsdiscussions Value of telecourse content in expanding Value of telecourse content in expanding

program offerings and enabling students program offerings and enabling students to experience contentto experience content

BackgroundBackground

““The Idea” – If we know video-course The Idea” – If we know video-course content is excellent, will enable us to content is excellent, will enable us to provide quality learning experiences provide quality learning experiences to our learners, but the concern is to our learners, but the concern is faculty/student interaction… Why faculty/student interaction… Why don’t we stream it and make it part don’t we stream it and make it part of an online course?of an online course?

Yes, there are other providers Yes, there are other providers already out there, but….already out there, but….

BackgroundBackground

Concerns/Considerations:Concerns/Considerations: Cost to studentsCost to students Desire to provide access to additional Desire to provide access to additional

content for faculty and professional content for faculty and professional development, Economic/Workforce development, Economic/Workforce Development, etc.Development, etc.

KVCR going digital!KVCR going digital!

What resources do we What resources do we have?have?

Sungard Higher Education SolutionsSungard Higher Education Solutions Access to expertise and resourcesAccess to expertise and resources Regional Web Development CenterRegional Web Development Center 24/7 monitoring24/7 monitoring

Recently Upgraded Infrastructure Recently Upgraded Infrastructure SAN (17 Terabytes)SAN (17 Terabytes) Recently revamped infrastructureRecently revamped infrastructure All 3 sites at DS3All 3 sites at DS3

What resources do we What resources do we have?have?

GrantsGrants Jerry’s GrantJerry’s Grant CCCLiveCaptioning GrantCCCLiveCaptioning Grant Two Title V GrantsTwo Title V Grants

RelationshipsRelationships IntelecomIntelecom Distance Learning Consortium of the Distance Learning Consortium of the

Inland EmpireInland Empire Sungard Higher EducationSungard Higher Education

Where do we start?Where do we start?

Researched, secured, and Researched, secured, and implemented a scalable infrastructureimplemented a scalable infrastructure

Intelecom introduces SBCCD and Intelecom introduces SBCCD and SCCDSCCD

Worked closely with SCCD to explore Worked closely with SCCD to explore the best means of digitizing and the best means of digitizing and captioning content captioning content

Where are we today?Where are we today? Established Relationship with SCCD for:Established Relationship with SCCD for:

Mirrored sitesMirrored sites Content development and distributionContent development and distribution CaptioningCaptioning Pursuit of grantsPursuit of grants

Spring 2007 – Intelecom members will Spring 2007 – Intelecom members will pilot for free video-courses in video-on-pilot for free video-courses in video-on-demand formatdemand format

In talks with Dallas TelelearningIn talks with Dallas Telelearning

Commodity Internet

Internet 2 / Abilene Network10GB Backbone

SCCtv

Canyon ParkMirror #2

SBCCDMirror #1

45 MB Link – CENIC (Existing)

1 GB Link – CENIC (Proposed)

1 GB Link

1 GB Link

Where are we today?Where are we today?

VOD Interface OverviewVOD Interface Overview

User-friendly interfaceUser-friendly interfacefor campus faculty, IT,for campus faculty, IT,instructional instructional designersdesigners

Videocourses courses Videocourses courses listed by series title listed by series title

Identify list of courses Identify list of courses to be offered to be offered each termeach term

VOD Interface OverviewVOD Interface Overview

Review list of Review list of course video files course video files

Take advantage of Take advantage of opportunity to opportunity to preview course preview course episodesepisodes

VOD Interface OverviewVOD Interface Overview

Identify episode Identify episode to embed to embed within online within online coursecourse

Copy and paste Copy and paste HTML tag into HTML tag into online course online course

Provide campus Provide campus web server web server ID for ID for authenticationauthentication

Where are we today?Where are we today?

Seeking out additional Seeking out additional grants/partnershipsgrants/partnerships Interest from universities and vendorsInterest from universities and vendors

Positioning ourselves to anticipate Positioning ourselves to anticipate new/emerging needsnew/emerging needs KVCR – Audio streaming in place, full KVCR – Audio streaming in place, full

broadcast streaming on the way…broadcast streaming on the way… Videocourses on IPOD and other devicesVideocourses on IPOD and other devices

Where are we today?Where are we today?

Wrapping up construction of Wrapping up construction of Internet2Internet2

Finalizing newly revamped content Finalizing newly revamped content management system (being management system (being developed in partnership with developed in partnership with Sungard Higher Education)Sungard Higher Education)

PhasesPhases PHASE IPHASE I: Videocourses – Working with : Videocourses – Working with

Intelecom and talking with Dallas Intelecom and talking with Dallas TeleLearning to make captioned video TeleLearning to make captioned video course content available to any California course content available to any California Community College on demandCommunity College on demand

PHASE IIPHASE II: Professional Development – : Professional Development – Ability to share and centrally store Ability to share and centrally store captioned professional development content captioned professional development content on demandon demand

PHASE IIIPHASE III: Workforce and Economic : Workforce and Economic Development – Ability to share expand Development – Ability to share expand scope and reach of not-for-credit coursesscope and reach of not-for-credit courses