“The Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, facilitates the transfer of knowledge and the exchange of scientific information via information and communication technologies.
Starting in 2010, the SDU is offering an academic webcasting grant to have an “off-the-shelf” solution for online learning. The aim is to help non-profit institutions from countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA to implement the automated production of on-line scientific content (via webinars) and e-learning and distance education (via web lectures).
The Grant
The SDU grant provides a complete set of the openEyA recording system (worth about 650 Euros), including all necessary hardware and software. It may be awarded to up to three different organizations.
The recording system consists of a Netbook, (which comes installed with openEyA and the Linux Open Source operating system), an omni-directional USB microphone, a digital camera, a webcam, and power cables.
ABOUT (open)EyA
EyA (“Enhance your Audience”) is an innovative automated audio/video/slide recording system, developed to archive and share scientific lectures and talks carried out using digital presentations (PPT, PDF, animations, etc.) as well as traditional chalkboards or whiteboards found in classrooms.
Grant Eligibility
Eligible organizations must be not-for-profit, based in a developing country, and aiming to contribute more efficiently to capacity building and development. The grant will not be given to an individual. Grant recipients must agree to the following terms:
- start academic webcasting at their institutes using openEyA as soon as possible;
- coordinate the necessary permissions by lecturers;
- publish recorded lectures on the web and distribute them in digital form for educational purposes only;
- to not endorse or sponsor any commercial product, service or activity, and
- to not permit the recorded material to be used for commercial purposes;
- publicise their online lectures.
Deadline
Applications must be received by Thursday 25 February 2010…”
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