In this article I report what I’ve learned so far about the possibility of using steerable consumer home monitoring cameras (“nanny cams”) to allow students to work together on laboratory exercises, with one student in the room and one (or more?) participating using the video and audio from the camera. (~4660 words) Introduction and Motivation […]
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Using a Document Camera for ‘local+remote’ Instruction
This article provides configuration information for using an in-classroom document camera so that the content it displays is available to both students in the classroom and those joining via video meeting software (such as Blackboard Collaborate Ultra). These instructions are particular to our Physics Labs, but the general idea should apply more widely. (1050 words) […]