Using Google Hangouts for Live-Streaming Seminars:
A Call to ActionW.V. Slaton, Department of Physics & Astronomy,
The University of Central Arkansas, Conway AR 72034
23rd Annual Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Symposium
April 10, 2015 at the Austin Hotel in Hot Springs, AR
@wslaton or email: [email protected]
Do you wish you did?
Do you have a seminar
series?
Question for audience:
Common Problem: Seminars are cost prohibitive and inefficient.
Air fare and hotel accommodations areexpensive. Seminar speaker only interactswith those physically present in room.
Is there a better solution?
YES! A Google Hangout is a video conference call that anyone w/ internet connection can watch & participate*!
Dr Abby Kavner from UCLA giving seminar on Mineral Physics
2014-2015 Seminar Speaker Home Institutions
2014-2015 Seminar Speaker Home InstitutionsDr. Abby Kavner - Univ of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CADr. Alexa Halford - Dartmouth, Hanover, NHDr. Camille Alleyne - Johnson Space Center, Houston TXDr. David Zaslavsky - Endwell, NY (currently postdoc in Wuhan, China)Dr. Elena Long - University of New Hampshire, Durham, NHDr. Erik Klemetti - Denison University - Granville, OHDr. Jane' Kondev – Brandeis University, Waltham, MADr. Jeff Terry - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago ILDr. Keivan Stassun - Vanderbilt University, Nashville TNDr. Lindsay Waldrop - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NCDr. Makita Phillips - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCDr. Meg Rosenburg - Pasadena, CA (PhD CalTech)Nick Hunt-Walker - University of Washington, Seattle WADr. Pamela Gay - Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville ILDr. Renee Hlozek - Princeton, NJDr. Sarah Ballard - University of Washington, Seattle WA
Seminars are online:http://faculty.uca.edu/wvslaton/GHOSeminar.html
Two modes of viewer participation:
Asynchronous viewing of seminar after recording. YouTube videos always there!No engagement.
Active engagement w/ speaker during seminar – live Q&A, hashtags (#GHOSeminar), etc. Some speakers have provided background reading.
What equipment do you need?
Asynchronous viewing:
Just need computer w/ internet connection.
Active engagement:
Computer w/ internet connection, basic webcam w/ mic (<$100) and external speakers.
2014-2015: $2000($100 / speaker)
Feasibility of ApproachSUCCESS!!
2015-2016: $2000($100 / speaker)
Build on Success withPARTNER Institutions!
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External Grant?Investment from
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Sincere thanks to the UCA Foundation and the UCA Department of Physics and Astronomy for supporting this seminar series.
