Reaching Out and Teaching via Webcast Technology

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Reaching Out and Teaching via Webcast Technology

• Wendy Schreiber-Abshire
• Pat Parrish, Joe Lamos, and Greg Byrd
• The COMET Program

University Corporation For Atmospheric Research
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Outline

• Introduction
• Define Webcast
• Share Webcast styles and approaches used by the
  COMET Program
• Summarize the utility of Webcast technology for
  education and training

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Introduction

• The COMET Program has employed various media for
  producing operationally oriented distance
  learning training materials for meteorologists
• Web-based training has been offered for the past
  four years from the Meteorology Education and
  Training Website
• Beginning in 1999 we expanded our Web-based
  training to include "Webcasts"

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Whats a Webcast?

• A Webcast is a presentation made available over
  the Internet without requiring lengthy downloads
• Instructional Webcasts offer the benefit of
  either live or on-demand multimedia presentations
  
• to an audience of any size at any time
• Webcasts use Internet "streaming" technologies
• deliver long media files a little at a time

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An Early Example
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Methods Evaluated in Study
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Sharing Operationally Significant Research
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Graphics too!
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CSI Webcast
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More Collaborative Research
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Expert Summary
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Another Use of Webcast Technology
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Alternative Webcast Interface Style
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Classroom Captured Webcasts
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Alternative Audio Process
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Prepared to Broadcast Live
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The Live Lesson Interface
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Webcasts in the Works

• Cold-air Damming
• Dr. Doug Wesley
• Rain Gauges Really Ground Truth?
• Nolan Doesken
• Societal Impacts of Flooding
• Dr. Eve Gruntfest
• Virtual Field Trip of Ft.Collins Urban Flood
• Creating a library of expert lectures available
  on demand

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Summary

• Benefits of Webcast Technology
• Lecture approach is familiar to learners
• Quickly share relevant information a large
  audience
• Share classroom lectures with an expanded
  audience
• On demand or live dissemination
• Take advantage of the functionality of the WWW
• Pause streaming presentations for interactions to
  reinforce learning
• Use white board features between the audience and
  presenter when presented live

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Questions?

• Encourage you to access the Webcasts via
  http//meted.ucar.edu
• under the Web-based Modules link
• You can reach me at abshire_at_ucar.edu