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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 3:27pmAnd replying for myself - first, insert the usual 'not everyone wants
to use Google Hangouts' statement, whether over privacy, 'all the eggs
in one basket' concerns, their tax stance or whatever...
Secondly, a plea to consider the quality of the experience for the
online viewer! For example, the Institute for Historical Research sets
up a chat and a slide window alongside the video of the speaker and a
twitter hashtag, and they regularly post to say which slide is on the
screen in the room (if it's not visible on the video feed). It sounds
like a lot of [...]
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Fwd: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 2:51pmThis got caught in the spam filter...
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Marieke Guy
> Date: 23 May 2013 18:43:10 BST
> To: Museums Computer Group
> Cc: HARRIS TONY
> Subject: Re: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> There are lots of different ways to do this, it really depends on the quality of streaming you want and how much you want to pay.
>
> I wrote a blog post a while back on different approaches you can take:
> http://remoteworker.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/business-models-for-video-streaming/
>
> Good luck!
>
> Marieke
>
>
> On 23/05/2013 [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 2:24pmWow, thanks for the quickest replies to me ever on the list, I'll definitely explore all those suggestions. The conference I'm looking at 'broadcasting' is this year's museum photography conference (www.ahfap.org.uk), we have many members all over the UK who are finding it difficult to make the trek in these straightened times so why not bring the conference to them? We at least will have a decent selection of cameras between us, but liveview feed from a Hasselblad might be too much data for the web! Thanks again MCG'ers Tony -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:59pmYes, Hangouts On Air:
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html
>>> Pierre-Mary Thibault 5/23/2013 10:58 AM >>>
Google Hangout!
Le 23 mai 2013 à 19:49, "Richard James" a écrit
:
> Skype would be my first thought.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
HARRIS
> TONY
> Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
> To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
> 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
> connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:58pmHangout!
Utterly brilliant. Screen sharing. Presentations. And you can record
the end result to YouTube too...
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:58pmGoogle Hangout!
Le 23 mai 2013 à 19:49, "Richard James" a écrit :
> Skype would be my first thought.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of HARRIS
> TONY
> Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
> To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
> 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
> connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
> Regards
> Tony Harris
>
> ****************************************************************************
> This [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:56pmTry a Google Hangout. I have successfully had a 6-way conference call using
it as Skype was getting very flakey. It has a few well-integrated elements
like screen-sharing, ability to take screenshots etc as well as sharing
files, links and text chat. You can, I believe although not tried it,
record a Hangout. Everyone needs a gmail account of course and the way into
it seems to change on a weekly basis but once you're in it's great fun. [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:39pmSkype would be my first thought.
-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of HARRIS
TONY
Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Video conference/conferencing
Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
Regards
Tony Harris
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Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:35pmCan anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
Regards
Tony Harris
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Jobs at ONS
May 23, 2013 - 9:05amHey all
I know the Office of National Statistics is a little bit off-piste for the MCG, but these roles may be of interest nonetheless, based in Newport
Video & Audio Production role: http://t.co/6fOiv3UAEE
Producer roles (2): http://t.co/pNHtPev5hi / http://t.co/7dHMZ43q3E
cheers!
Mike
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Vacancy: Lead Web Developer at the Museum of London
May 23, 2013 - 5:38amHi all,
The Museum of London is looking for a driven and experienced Web
Developer to take the lead on developing the museum's web applications
and content management systems.
To find out more about this post, to share or to apply, use the link
below:
http://bit.ly/16STEZ4
Thanks.
Bilkis.
Visit our website at http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk
Bilkis Mosoddik
Web Manager
Museum of London
150 London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN
Tel: Internal extension 6670
Email: bmosoddik@museumoflondon.org.uk
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
Don't miss our special exhibitions:
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Museomix UK - Save the Date(s)
May 23, 2013 - 4:40amHello
Hope you don't mind me sharing but we have a few important dates coming up
related to MuseomixUK . For those
who don't know, Museomix is a 3 day event
happening in 5 locations (3 in France, 1 in Quebec and 1 in UK) over the
same weekend. There will be lots of sharing online and at each Museomix
(#museomix hashtag) [...]
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New app builder
May 22, 2013 - 2:52pmHi
I was introduced to this list be a friend. She suggested I post after we
discussed a new app building platform we have created that could benefit
museums.
Weboo, my startup in London, has built a product in late beta called
Fliplet that can be used by non-technical people to build and maintain iPad
apps. [...]
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Using visitors' personal narratives
May 22, 2013 - 9:29amHello all,
I’m currently doing some research on museums’ collection and use of visitors’ personal narratives (digital stories, oral history and the like), as I’m wondering if there is a point at which museums (and their staff) reach a kind of saturation point with such content.
By this I mean, museums are (I think rightly) committed to giving their broad constituencies a voice, but what happens to that ‘content’ as the online museum presence becomes more cluttered, or, in time, is 'tidied up'? I’m noticing some archives that used to be available online and that I’ve used previously are suddenly [...]
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Re: VLEs
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Matthew, Jon,
also there's now a number of "social-networky" tools like
http://lectrio.com/ that might be a good option for the BM if they have
some internal resources to handle the configuration.
Giuseppe
On 22/05/13 10:47, Jon Pratty wrote:
> Matthew
>
> If it was me, I'd consider looking at other kinds of systems - which
might include open source - used for similar kinds of activity, but
which are not branded as VLEs. So consider some of the e-research
systems used in the science and digital heritage sectors, and also
education sector CPD [...]
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Re: VLEs
May 22, 2013 - 5:47amMatthew
If it was me, I'd consider looking at other kinds of systems - which might include open source - used for similar kinds of activity, but which are not branded as VLEs. So consider some of the e-research systems used in the science and digital heritage sectors, and also education sector CPD tools like those developed by http://www.irisconnect.co.uk/ [...]
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VLEs
May 22, 2013 - 3:49amHi,
The BM is investigating using a VLE for a training programme for international museum professionals.
We would like to talk to companies with experience of setting these up and managing them for museums or other cultural orgs.
If you are one, or can recommend one - can you get in touch by email - on or off list? [...]
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Re: Adwords / online advertising for heritage
May 21, 2013 - 5:20amThe Gloucestershire Museums Group ran a Facebook ads campaign last year to support the FB page of their tourism marketing website www.gloucestershirerevealed.co.uk. We had a tiny budget but a hook of a competition to attract people. We put £10 a day in a month. We found the ability to target our demographic useful.
Julie [...]
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Would your institution like an evaluation of your mobile guide - free (really)?
May 20, 2013 - 11:33amDear All,
I'm the professor of human-computer interaction at the University of York and one of my research interests is the evaluation of mobile guides.
With one of my PhD students I've developed a scale to measure visitors' experiences in museums and another scale to measure their experience with mobile museum guides - each of these scales is approximately 20 questions to be answered on a 1 - 5 scale, so very quick for visitors to answer. We hope they might be useful to museum folk who need a quick way of measuring visitor experiences (we are not suggesting that [...]
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Re: Adwords / online advertising for heritage
May 20, 2013 - 9:48amThanks all for your suggestions both on- and off-list!
Mike
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