Hello everyone, Thank you so much for your making these presentations available online! I've already watched some videos. Unfortunately I could not attend the unconference, it is greatly beneficial to catch up with your experiences!
Thanks for your sharing! Katsu -- Katsusuke Shigeta Assistant Professor The University of Tokyo, JAPAN http://shige.jamsquare.org/ 2012/2/9 Michelle Ziegmann <[email protected]>: > On January 31, sixty-five people converged upon Oxford University to spend 2 > days sharing, learning, and collaborating around Opencast Matterhorn, as > well as contributing to the future of the project. Using a modified > unconference format, participants collectively set the agenda during the > meeting, resulting in an engaging and productive balance of structured > presentations and spontaneous conversations. > > As a community and a young project, we were thrilled at the level of > interest shown by the number of attendees, as well as the enthusiasm and > engagement demonstrated by all. A huge thank you to our hosts at the Oxford > University Computing Centre, and to conference sponsors Entwine, Koemei, > Longsight and Teltek! > > Session Recordings > > Many of the sessions were recorded and are available here - > opencast.org/video/opencast-matterhorn-2012-unconference-recordings. > Recording services were provided and managed by Teltek. > > Photos from the conference also available in the Opencast Flickr site - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/opencastproject/sets/72157629235518839 (let me > know if you have more to add to the collection!) > > Unconference Highlights > > 65 attendees representing 35 schools and organizations from 12 countries > Participants came with a variety of perspectives in their roles, ranging > from developer, audio-visual and media specialists, designers, engineers, > systems administrators, and administration > Vendors currently offering or considering services and products around > Opencast Matterhorn talked about their offerings and how they can help > support the adopting community. > Roadmapping sessions brought everyone together to identify all of the > current Matterhorn development efforts planned for 2012 by organizations, a > gap analysis to identify what is still needed, and an attempt to fill those > gaps through contributions from the community. > 18 Lightning Talks gave attendees a quick look at activities and projects > going on across the Opencast Matterhorn community > Several sessions targeted prospective adopters who came to gain a basic > understanding of Matterhorn and how it might meet the needs for their > organization, including “Matterhorn Implementation and Architecture > Overview” by Rudiger Rolf and roundtable “Piloting Experiences”, > “Considerations for starting a pilot” and “How Matterhorn compares… in terms > of money” > Sessions focused on how to extend Matterhorn, including “Personalizing with > jQuery Themeroller”, “Automated Transcription” and “Matterhorn integration” > Discussions were held around current issues and future planning for > Matterhorn, including “How should the capture agent evolve” and “Designing > Matterhorn for the ‘Ops Guy’ persona” > A community board meeting opened the floor to discuss and engage with the > community around priorities for the board to focus on in 2012. > > > We look forward to planning another meeting in North America later this > year! > > Michelle > > -- > Michelle Ziegmann > Electronic Communications Specialist > Educational Technology Services > University of California Berkeley > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/community To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
