Please note that the present pages on the ICTP workshop were obtained from a mediawiki used during the workshop. There may be a number of links that go to missing pages, and other inconsistencies. Much of it is also very informal, and should be seen as workshop notes!

This page gives details of the workshop events, in chronological order. Links to additional materials (e.g. lecture recordings, pdf, blog notes are linked). For most lectures ICTP EyA recordings are available, and linked below. For reference, the full programme is available from ICTP-SDU. The program is also available grouped by themes and speakers: ICTP Workshop 2007/Strands. Please note: 'EyA' below refers to ICTP EyA recordings, please read ICTP Workshop 2007/About EyA Recordings before trying to view them. If you cannot play the recordings, or have insufficient bandwdith, please let us know, and we can provide alternative formats or post a CD. The majority of the blog notes below were written by Mathe Maema.

1 Content - grouped by time table

[edit] 1 Content - grouped by time table

[edit] 1.1 Monday 3rd December

Welcome to the workshop (EyA)
11:30-12:30 Conference 2.0: Scientists and Web 2.0, Ismael Pena-Lopez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) (EyA 11.30, then EyA 12.30)
14:30-15:30 Introduction to Content Production, Bjoern Hassler (University of Cambridge)
- The first part of this session led to the ICTP Workshop 2007/Overview, see EyA 3pm)
- followed by investigation of the ICTP Workshop 2007/Academic Media Landscape: EyA 4pm (start about 1/2 way through from image 65)
16:00-18:00 (WS) Principles of Audio Recording and Editing, Bjoern Hassler (University of Cambridge)
- The first EyA recording finishes the revious session, and then launches into audacity (about 5 minutes in, from image 11), see
- Lecture notes and writeup: ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions
(Index for EyA Recordings. To download a recording, note the time of the recording above, and then click the link to EyA Recordings for Monday, where you can locate and download the corresponding package.)

[edit] 1.2 Tuesday 4rd December

09:00-10:00 (WS) Content Production: Review of yesterday, podcasts, and audacity, Bjoern Hassler.
- Lectures notes on ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions.
- EyA 9am, image 14 onwards: practical blogging exercise
- EyA 9am, image 60 onwards: podcasting
- EyA 9am, image 211 onwards: Audacity continued
- EyA 10am, audacity session continued until about image 70, then tea break, resumes image 171
10:00-10:30 Photo session - Please see somebody with a picture phone to have your photo taken for the wiki
10:30-12:30 (WS) Content Production, Ideas and Equipment, Bjoern Hassler
- Lectures Notes: ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions,
- (EyA 10am), image 176: Audacity continued
- (EyA 11am), a little further discussion, then workshop (no audio)
13:30-14:30 Web 2.0 and the Digital Divide , Pena Lopez
- Pena-Lopez (slides and audio in flash),
- EyA 1pm, from image 71, then continued here EyA 2pm
14:30-15:30 Standards for Web Design: Best Practices, Carlo Fonda
- EyA 2pm, from image 217, continued here EyA 3pm
- Lecture notes: PDF, 800KB
- Participant produced slides and audio Fonda lecture
16:00-18:00 (WS) Content Production workshop session, Bjoern Hassler, in groups as before, editing session
- Lectures notes: ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions
- EyA 4pm, the workshop continues: content group (audio editing), Moodle installation, Web hosting group, workshop then continues to dinner.
(Index for EyA Recordings for Tuesday. For download instructions, see Monday.)

[edit] 1.3 Wednesday 5th December

09:00-10:00 iTunesU and Podcast Producer, Alan Greenberg (Apple EMEA Higher Education)
10:30-12:30 Apple Solution for Content Development and Publication with QuickTime, Marco Bossi, Marco Rozza (Apple Italia)
13:30-15:30 Personal Research Portal, Ismael Pena-Lopez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) EyA 2pm, EyA 3pm
16:00-18:00 Content Production workshop session, Bjoern Hassler with other lecturers.
- EyA, from image 88-104, announcement of workshop continuation.
- Hosting a personal website on wordpress.com (Ismael)
- Creating a personal website with local hosting: Install ubuntu, apache, wordpress, wiki, moodle (Jan)
- Groups from yesterday continue: Media production, bandwidth management, ..., see ICTP Workshop 2007/Content Sessions
- (From image 107: Some quick wiki tips, followed by workshop session)
(Index for EyA Recordings for Wednesday. For download instructions, see Monday.)

[edit] 1.4 Thursday 6th December

9-11:30. Marco Ronchetti: LODE: Critical Analysis of a Lecture Video-Recording Initiative, NEEDLE: Attaching Semantics to Videos
- Notes on lecture: ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes - Lode Lecture
- Participant produced audio with synchronised slides: Lecture 1 , Lecture 2
- EyA recordings: EyA recording 9am, EyA recording 10am, EyA recording 11am
11:30-12:30 Participant report back on their work so far.
- EyA recording 12am, from beginning
- Wordpress - Raymond Tsongorera
- Wordpress - Rosalina
- Wordpress - Mahinda
- Moodle - Givemore Dube
- Video - Imad Khudeir
- Audacity + Slides - Kithsiri Liyanage
- Bandwidth and compression - Mathe Maema
13:30-15:30 Switch.ch, Ivan Guajana (Switch, Switzerland).
- Notes on lecture by Ivan are here: ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes Switch
- EyA recording 2pm, from image 24, then continued here EyA recording 3pm
16:00-18:00 World Wide Webcast and ATLAS Virtual Visit at CERN, Silvano deGennaro (CERN),
- Notes ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes CERN
- EyA recording 4pm, from image 24, then continued here EyA recording 5pm.
18-19: Aspects of video/audio encoding and hosting, Bjoern Hassler, University of Cambridge
- Bjoern's Tech Presentation
- EyA recording 6pm, from image 50 (no sound)
- Audio recording to follow
20-22: Ubuntu Video Workshop
(Index for EyA recordings. For download instructions, see Monday.)

[edit] 1.5 Friday 7th December

The Semantic Web Perspective, Marco Ronchetti (University of Trento) (lecture 3)
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Semantic Web
- Also see ICTP Workshop 2007/Some suggestions for the semantic extension)
- Eya 9am - from image 36, continued on Eya 10am
10:30-11:00 (WS), Demo of Switch Rich-Media Platform, Ivan Guajana (Switch, Switzerland),
- Eya 10am from slide 110-154
11:00 onwards: Workshop (parallel sessions) (Eya 10am, slides 154-169)
- Switch workshop with Ivan
- Video workshop with Silvano de Gennaro, ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes Video Silvano
- Moodle continued (importing MIT OCW into Moodle)
- Video editing continued
13:30-14:30 Semantic Media Wiki, Marco Ronchetti (University of Trento), Eya 1pm, image 11 onwards
14:30-15:30 Flash Technologies, Alex Ferener (CREDIS, University of Bucharest), Eya 2pm, image 200 onwards, continued here Eya 3pm
More announcements Eya 3pm, image 55
16:00-17:00 ISF and CERN Activities in Africa, Silvano de Gennaro, Eya 4pm, Eya 5pm until img 28.
17:00-19:00 Content Production workshop session, Bjoern Hassler,
- Announcement Eya 5pm from img 34.
- Work on areas that interest you: Audacity, Video editing, Wink, Semantic web
(Index for EyA recordings. For download instructions, see Monday.)

[edit] 1.6 Saturday 8th December

09:30-10:30 Building Rich Media Tutorials with Open Source, Alex Ferener (CREDIS, Universito of Bucharest)
Wink workshop

Saturday afternoon: Open Lab with introduction to film making (led by Bjoern Hassler)

[edit] 1.7 Sunday 9th December

Open lab with film making (led by Bjoern Hassler)

[edit] 1.8 Monday 10th December

09:00-10:00 EyA Automated Recording System: Overview of Digital Lectures at ICTP, Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro (ICTP-SDU)
- (lecture notes: PDF, 2.3MB)
- Eya 9am from img 37, continued here Eya 10am
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on EyA
10:30-12:30 virtPresenter: Overview on Theory & Practice, Robert Mertens et al. (University of Osnabrueck)
- Eya 10am from img 153, continued Eya 11am
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on virtPresenter
13:30-15:00 Thoughts on the Future of Scientific Dissemination, Philip E. Bourne (UCSD)
- EyA recording
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Future of Scientific Dissemination
15:30-18:00 Case Studies by Participants, ICTP Workshop 2007/Case Studies
- Imad Khudeir, Eya 3pm from 94
- Givemore Dube, Eya 4pm
- Mahinda, Eya 4pm
- Cristian Cechinel, Eya 4pm
- Jan Groenewald, Eya 4pm
- Raymond Tsongorera, Eya 4pm
Closing discussion for the day Eya 5pm from image 40.
(Index for EyA recordings. For download instructions, see Monday 3rd.)

[edit] 1.9 Tuesday 11th December

09:00-10:00 Semantic Virtual Observatories: The New Frontier in Science and Education, Mauro Messerotti (INAF-OATS),
- (lecture notes: PDF, 5MB)
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on Semantic Virtual Observatories
- EyA: Eya 9am, from image 22, continued on Eya 10am
Workshop organisation Eya 10am from image 44
10:30-12:30 SciVee: YouTube for Scientists, Philip E. Bourne (UCSD),
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on SciVee
- Eya 10am from image 78, then Eya 11am, then Eya 12am
13:30-14:30 Automated Mobile Video Recording System at Maribor, Primoz Kosec (University of Maribor)
- EyA recording Eya 2pm
- ICTP Workshop 2007/BlogNotes on vELAP
14:30 Announcements
- Recording Eya 2pm from image 186
14:45-15:30 Final Open Discussion
- Recording Eya 2pm from image 206
15:30-16:00 Certificates to Participants
- Recording Eya 3pm
(Index for EyA recordings. For download instructions, see Monday 3rd.)

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