Lecture Capture
Optometry School Enhances Academics With Video Capture
One of the oldest optometry schools in the United
States is taking
advantage of one of the newest video capture technologies available.
Ever since Marshall
B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, CA,
remodeled its lecture halls last fall, it has been using a video
creation and
management program, Mediasite
by Sonic Foundry,
throughout its campus.
After moving back into its renovated academic
facilities, the
university implemented the new Mediasite, a cloud-based lecture capture
system that
integrates with Moodle,
its learning management system. Faculty members can now
record their presentations, edit and share them with students almost
instantly.
They also have access to desktop recorders that allow them to create and
share
videos, lectures and assignments from and to any device they or students
want
to use.
"And we are able to generate for individual faculty
members
specific reports that show which segments of their lectures are being
reviewed
by students multiple times," said Ketchum University Multimedia Services
Director Matt Breneman. "This level of feedback provides faculty with
the
opportunity to adjust their lecture content to either speed up or go
into
additional detail in response to visible lulls and spikes on the lecture
timeline."
As a result, since the beginning of the academic year
last
fall, they have created more than 1,100 videos with 1,753 hours of
content that
have been viewed 52,000 times.
"The on-demand delivery has helped students receive
content in
a way that better corresponds to their individual learning styles," said
Academic Affairs Associate Dean Ray Chu.
Along with the optometry school, Ketchum University
is also
home to the Southern California School of Physician Assistant Studies
and will
open a College of Pharmacy in fall 2016. Ketchum’s Southern California College of
Optometry was founded
in 1904 in Los Angeles and moved to its Fullerton campus in 1973. It is
the
third oldest optometric program in the country.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.