New Jersey’s College & Universities integrating technologies into instruction,

research and public service through an enhanced statewide data/video network

George LaskarisGeorge Laskaris

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Network Implementation Update

New Regional Optical Network now operational Encountered several delays Member migration now underway Collaborating with the NJ Turnpike Authority to

access statewide EZ-PASS fiber network Plans for a 2nd Internet Provider in Philadelphia Major voice-services bid about to be released Greater bandwidth permits new applications

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New Applications now Possible Disaster recovery options now possible with

excess capacity Wholesale rates on voice services Centrally hosted course management systems Access to national networking initiatives and

federally funded research repositories Well positioned for the future and now have the

capacity to support more bandwidth intensive applications such as Video-On-Demand

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National State Networking Efforts

Currently serving as Co-chair of StateNets Lobbying efforts led to the creation of a new

category of membership in Internet2 for State and Regional networks

Acknowledges the importance of StateNets in controlling the “last mile” to the R&E community

Will gain 12 governance seats on the Internet2 BoT and various advisory councils

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NJ Digital Video Initiative

Growing importance of on-demand video in online education is now widely recognized

VALE, the NJ Digital Highway and Library consortia have identified the need to provide video resources and services statewide as an important strategic initiative

William Paterson (VALE), Rutgers Libraries, and NJEDge are partnering on an IMLS Grant to provide funding for such an initiative

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Partners

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NJ Digital Video Repository

The portal repository will support: “Lectures-on-Demand” with a clickable “table of

contents” for K-20 educators Licensed commercial academic videos from

companies such as Films Media Group Locally owned and developed academic video Videos searchable through metadata tags VoDcasting and Podcasting delivery options Statewide authentication and authorization

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Instructional Advantages of VoD

Access to content any time, any place Easily construct clips to meet instructional needs Playlists easily integrated with Blackboard/WebCT More titles can be purchased with digital delivery

rights Online students can access the same content as

classroom students Increased bandwidth and infrastructure is now

stable enough to provide quality video-on-demand

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