Transcript George Laskaris

George Laskaris
New Jersey’s College & Universities integrating technologies into instruction,
research and public service through an enhanced statewide data/video network
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Network Implementation Update
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New Regional Optical Network now operational
Encountered several delays
Member migration now underway
Collaborating with the NJ Turnpike Authority to
access statewide EZ-PASS fiber network
Plans for a 2nd Internet Provider in Philadelphia
Major voice-services bid about to be released
Greater bandwidth permits new applications
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New Applications now Possible
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Disaster recovery options now possible with
excess capacity
Wholesale rates on voice services
Centrally hosted course management systems
Access to national networking initiatives and
federally funded research repositories
Well positioned for the future and now have the
capacity to support more bandwidth intensive
applications such as Video-On-Demand
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National State Networking Efforts
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Currently serving as Co-chair of StateNets
Lobbying efforts led to the creation of a new
category of membership in Internet2 for State
and Regional networks
Acknowledges the importance of StateNets in
controlling the “last mile” to the R&E community
Will gain 12 governance seats on the Internet2
BoT and various advisory councils
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NJ Digital Video Initiative
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Growing importance of on-demand video in
online education is now widely recognized
VALE, the NJ Digital Highway and Library
consortia have identified the need to provide
video resources and services statewide as an
important strategic initiative
William Paterson (VALE), Rutgers Libraries, and
NJEDge are partnering on an IMLS Grant to
provide funding for such an initiative
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Partners
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NJ Digital Video Repository
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The portal repository will support:
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“Lectures-on-Demand” with a clickable “table of
contents” for K-20 educators
Licensed commercial academic videos from
companies such as Films Media Group
Locally owned and developed academic video
Videos searchable through metadata tags
VoDcasting and Podcasting delivery options
Statewide authentication and authorization
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Instructional Advantages of VoD
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Access to content any time, any place
Easily construct clips to meet instructional needs
Playlists easily integrated with Blackboard/WebCT
More titles can be purchased with digital delivery
rights
Online students can access the same content as
classroom students
Increased bandwidth and infrastructure is now
stable enough to provide quality video-on-demand
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Questions ?
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