The October 1 announcement of Cisco's offer of $3 billion to buy the video conferencing
company Tandberg could potentially have significant implications in the
lecture capture market. …
Lecture and presentation capture will be as important in the higher
education space as video conferencing is in the enterprise (and
increasingly small business) sectors. Tools, platforms and services to
easily record campus activity – whether this activity is a regular
lecture, an invited speaker, or a voice-over recording made from a
professors desk – are poised to become ubiquitous on campus. Students
will expect the ability to time shift their learning. Faculty will come
to understand that recorded presentations offer the potential to free
class time for discussion and debate, as students escape the pressure
of having to take exhaustive notes during the lecture. Parents will
look for schools that record lectures as an aid to their child's
learning, as students with diverse learning style can take advantage of
recorded classes to review materials at their own pace.
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