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Internet2 NET Video, Voice, and Collaboration:Portfolio Update and Success Stories:Fuze Meeting at SLUKyle CollinsDirector – Academic Technologies
About Saint Louis University (SLU) Jesuit university founded in 1818 “Higher Purpose. Greater Good.” Oldest university west of theMississippi River Main campus – St. Louis, MO Second campus – Madrid, Spain 7800 undergraduate students 4900 graduate students (includingMedical and Law) First forward pass in football “Oddest” Mascot: Billiken
Before Fuze Meeting Prior to 2012, SLU had: 24 video endpoints (Polycom and LifeSize) “Stated” goal was to have at least one video endpoint inevery building on campus Wimba Classroom (virtual classroom tool) – academic use Low usage of both tools
Moving towards Fuze Meeting In 2011, SLU implemented Tegrity as a lecture capture solution Investment in mics, web cams, and PCs in classrooms In 2012, SLU had to select a replacement for Wimba Classroom Engaged stakeholders (faculty, staff, and students) todetermine user needs/required features Questioned current video conferencing strategy Took a wider look at tools for a web conferencing solution Selected Fuze Meeting as the best tool to meet our needs
Where are we now? Began implementation (pilot) with 100 licenses Expanded to 220 licenses after one semester Expanded to Enterprise Wide license after less than 1 year SLU sponsored Fuze Meeting as a I2 Net cloud service All faculty, staff, and students have access Over 2,000 users have activated their license 161 classrooms and 9 event spaces are Fuze ready Basic testing with video enpoints
Some stats Total activated users: 2,029 Total meetings ( 1 user 5 minutes) 2013 Q3: 753 2013 Q4: 818 ( 9%)
Success StoriesFuze Meeting @ SLU"
Success Stories“Fuze enabled my students in Saint Louis to connect with peers inStockholm, Sweden for several weeks throughout my course.Through the Fuze platform, the two student groups hadsynchronous discussions of common topics and gained firsthandexposure to how professional development in occupational therapyoccurs in different parts of the world.”Beccy Aldrich, Ph.D., OTR/L, Assistant Professor, Department ofOccupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Success Stories“I started using Fuze primarily as a webinar software during the blended (on-ground) sessions of ourprimarily online courses, along with recording the webinars for later viewing using Tegrity (because therecording functionality of Fuze Meeting was unreliable, initially). These webinars became so popular thatstudents stopped coming to class because they could participate from their remote location (home/office)just as well as coming to class (there were some communication issues initially due to learning how use mic,turning it off when not in use to avoid feedback, etc.). Then, after the recording functionality became morestable, I started using Fuze for recording my weekly lectures and software/programming demos, too, notjust webinars. I used to use Tegrity for this previously, but sharing those videos caused more trouble(plugin-related issues) to the students, than sharing the URL of flash-based videos hosted on Fuze. Rightnow, Fuze is the one-stop solution both for pre-recorded lectures as well as live webinars that can also berecorded for later viewing. And I re-use the same meeting each week, rather than creating one new meetingper week - this means I only have to share one URL for each week's meeting. This works well alongsideposting the unique URL of each recording to a weekly lecture materials folder on Blackboard.”Srikanth Mudigonda, Ph.D., Director of Grad. Program in Applied Analytics/Asst. Professor, School forProfessional Studies
Success Stories“This innovative classroom maintains the culture and climate of adynamic classroom regardless of students’ venue. Students are freeto speak spontaneously because they are unencumbered withtraditional approaches in technology, such as pushing buttons toraise their hands or speak. Seminar discussion is liberated from thestilted and cumbersome interaction of asynchronous learning;social/informal interaction occurs naturally – so important inestablishing collegiality and building mentoring relationships.”Andrew C. Mills, PhD, RN, Director, PhD Nursing Program
Challenges Deciding we needed a better tool Understanding the difference (Tegrity vs. Fuze) Lack of individual planning Support – user confidence Hardware “choices” Shooting ourselves in the foot
Questions?
Contact InformationKyle CollinsDirector – Academic TechnologiesInformation Technology Serviceskcolli24@slu.eduThank you!
(plugin-related issues) to the students, than sharing the URL of flash-based videos hosted on Fuze. Right now, Fuze is the one-stop solution both for pre-recorded lectures as well as live webinars that can also be recorded for later viewing. And I re-use the same meeting each week, rather than creating one new meeting
