Video is a core communication tool for UVA, used in almost every aspect of life both on and off campus. Hundreds of classes and lectures are made available via the web to assist teaching and facilitate distance learning. UVA has integrated video into a wide range of their systems as well, using Kaltura’s seamless integration with the Sakai Learning Management System, as well as WordPress and Drupal CMS.
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Education is now being
transformed.
We have a new generation of
students coming onto campuses
that-- the YouTube generation.
And they need a set of tools.
Video is everywhere.
The problem with video is
we just complicate it.
Before Kaltura, we had a lot of
ad hoc, localized solutions
at various departments.
We've been doing digital
media for years--
shoot it, post-process it, put
it up on the web, and deploy
it all on our own.
A university with hundreds
of classes that are being
recorded, and different clubs
and activities, and a rich
media enabled admissions process
is a media company.
A homegrown solution for
something as fundamental as
how you're going to manage your
audio/video resources at
an institution is just a
completely implausible approach.
We wanted something, on the
one hand, that had an
open-source aspect to
it, so we could get
involved with it directly.
We wanted a service-oriented
approach.
And so Kaltura fit those
needs precisely.
Where does this fit
in the spectrum
of technology solutions?
There's also YouTube,
Vimeo, all these
social media services.
YouTube was a solution to
be able to put their
media up on the web.
But it's unprotected.
And with Kaltura being
implemented seamlessly in our
classroom websites, that
protection is insured.
Technology for technology's sake
does little in terms of
learning results.
You need an overall video
management platform so that
you can create a video
experience that's integrated
with whatever other activities
are happening on campus.
They're able to upload
one large file.
And Kaltura, then, is able
to embed it elsewhere.
They're able to share
or not share.
You're able to restrict
it to just your class.
Or you're able to
make it public.
What we really love about it is
that our students and our
faculty who are creating
content can
concentrate on the content.
Since we have made Kaltura
available, it has spread like
wildfire across the university
to all departments.
It has been extremely
successful.
We've gone from essentially
offering no cogent service for
the community overall, with
regards to audio/video, to
offering a broad variety of
Kaltura-based solutions in the
learning management system, in
WordPress, in Drupal's content
management systems.
Kaltura really is the glue that
connects a lot of the
video strategy.
It's more than just a way
to turn in homework.
The students are really
interested in seeing what
their colleagues are doing.
And so we're creating, kind
of, these walled-garden
workspaces where they
have privacy.
They have protection from
the outside world.
Kaltura is kind of the way they
can share their ideas
with each other in a very
21st-century way.
Video Is the future
of learning.
And Kaltura is very proud to be
able to deploy on hundreds
of campuses, changing
students' lives
day in and day out.
