The University of Glasgow: Live Imaging with EYE-14 Camera During Online Classes
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The University of Glasgow: Live imaging with EYE-14 camera during online classes
The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
he University books and journals. Ar- In Summer 2020, due to maintain access to of Glasgow is a chives and Special Coll- to the Covid-19 pande- items from ASC, WolfVi- Tpublic research ections (ASC) is a part of mic, the University be- sion partner Mediascape university in Glasgow, University Services, and gan to rethink how their has installed a WolfVi- Scotland. Founded in it has responsibility to teaching should be deli- sion EYE-14 camera at 1451, it is the fourth- collect and provide ac- vered, in particular how the University of Glas- oldest university in the cess to archival records, to address the challenges gow as part of its ‘virtual English-speaking world manuscripts, rare books of taking existing face- classroom’. Connected and one of Scotland‘s and other primary and to-face teaching me- to a PC running WolfVi- four ancient universities. secondary sources to thods, and moving them sion software, and using The University Library is support teaching and re- out of necessity to an Zoom web conferencing one of the oldest and lar- search in the University online or hybrid learning for online teaching, the gest libraries in Europe, of Glasgow and the wi- environment. As part of University enables items with more than 3 million der community. these preparations, and such as rare books and
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other materials to be parts of the displayed shown on-screen, and on-screen content as re- moved around in real quired. Often these ses- time during Zoom class- sions are recorded and room sessions. then made available to Using the touchscreen students afterwards for monitor for control- on-demand viewing. ling enables zooming in The capability to show closely to examine fine articles ‘live’ on-screen details in pictures or during online classes, wi- portions of text, helping thout compromising the to replicate the in-class- quality of the displayed room experience, and content helps to preserve improve student engage- the interactive and peda- ment. Lecturers can also gogical approaches that annotate or highlight are already in use during Ceiling-mounted WolfVision EYE-14, suspended above the working surface.
A touchscreen control panel enables easy controlling of operations such as zooming, annotation, snapshots, etc.
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in-classroom teaching at the challenges of the the University of Glas- current Covid-19 pande- gow. Dr Johanna Green, mic, but also to focus on Lecturer in Information how they can innovate in Studies, University of their teaching methods Glasgow, said “It com- for the longer term. pletely changes the way WolfVision is extremely we can teach with those proud to play such an im- items digitally.” portant supporting role The University of Glas- in student education at gow has made many pre- the University of Glas- parations in response to gow, and looks forward the Covid-19 pandemic, to providing support and but it is important to advice to this leading note that their intention educational institution is not solely to address for many years to come. Zooming in closely enables onscreen display of materials in fine detail.
The ability to compare and move items around during Zoom sessions helps to replicate the in-classroom experience for remote students.
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