The NU Technology Group is an organization of technology professionals at the University of Nebraska. The group has members from information technology groups across the four campuses and meets to collaborate on ideas regarding technology and its application. For more information and how to join the group, go to http://nutech.unl.edu.

Additional Public Info: Agenda: Ben Hubbard from UC Berkley will be talking about the Opencast project and community of which UNL is a member. Ben's title is Project Manager, and is heavily engaged in the Opencast Project. The Opencast community is a collaboration of higher education institutions working together to explore, define, and document podcasting best practices and technologies. Through blogs and email lists, the community offers guidance and information to help others choose the best approach for delivering rich media online. The Opencast project actively engages the community to research and share best practices, develop case studies, and define user requirements for lecture/event capture, processing, archiving, distribution, and effective use of podcasting for teaching and learning. Why Opencast? Opencast is an initiative driven by higher education institutions to empower… >> institutions to make informed choices about capture, processing, and distribution infrastructure for audio/video. >> faculty to teach courses and share knowledge with their students and learners worldwide without technology getting in the way. >> students to access and shape media into a more meaningful tool for learning. >> everyone to easily find and engage with educational video, audio, and other rich media from instructors and institutions around the world.