February 27, 2020 13 min read Video presentations on the rise at academic conferences Video provides an increasingly popular alternative for academics to deliver their presentation at an international conference. However, video still being a new format, neither presenters and audiences are completely familiar with it. It requires some… AV Technologies
February 7, 2020 2 min read PCmag editors name their favourite videoconferencing tools for 2020 According to PC magazine, video conferencing has gone from a travel-saving feature that businesses use occasionally to an indispensable tool for everyday collaboration. In this article they provide the results of their test where they… AV Technologies
February 7, 2020 2 min read Ghent University hosts Opencast Community Summit This year’s Opencast summit taking place in Ghent University is all about taking stock and identifying priorities for the next stage of development. Opencast is a community of developers and university AV providers working together… AV Technologies
February 6, 2020 3 min read vMix: mixing, switching, streaming from your desktop vMix is a software video mixer and switcher that takes advantage of powerful computer hardware to provide live HD video mixing, making dedicated hardware mixers for live video production (almost) obsolete. vMix also functions as… AV Technologies
January 29, 2020 1 min read AI transforming teaching and learning Fountech has released a report investigating the role Artificial Intelligence can play in Education. Various solutions describing how to enhance the teaching and learning experience with Artificial Intelligence are offered. In their Whitepaper Fountech analyses… AV Technologies
January 14, 2020 1 min read Programme available for ISE workshop on Higher Education If you are planning to take part in ISE in Amsterdam in February, then do consider participating in the AVIXA Higher Education AV Conference which will take place on Tuesday 11 February from 13:00 to 17:00. The… AV Technologies
January 8, 2020 3 min read On-line video analysis This is not so much an off-the-shelf ready-to-go software or application but an interesting tool that may be useful in your video work for education. This experimental service was developed by Vasileios Mezaris, Senior Researcher… AV Technologies
January 8, 2020 2 min read Displaying multiple videos or 3D video Bino (also called Bino3D) is a free video player that supports stereoscopic 3D video, with a wide variety of input (L/R in separate streams, in side by side, top and bottom or alternate lines). Output… AV Technologies
January 8, 2020 1 min read Audrey Watters on Ed-Tech Disasters Ed-Tech commentator Audrey Watters takes a hard look at the global Ed-Tech history of the last 10 years and is not impressed. Take the time to read her excellent article on the 100 worst Ed-Tech… AV Technologies