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[Stilgherrian]

On 18/08/2008, at 10:23 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> The open source software used (OJS) has provision for extra files  
> along with the text of the presentation, so it is possible to  
> include slides, audio and video. But the logistics for the people  
> running the conferences around the world would be daunting.
>
> Just doing audio and video for one stream for one small 2020 Local  
> Summit was difficult enough: <http://tomw.net.au/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=202 
> >.

I guess so. I guess that my experience as an outside broadcast  
producer (amongst other things) for ABC Radio means that my threshold  
for something being "difficult is a little higher. ;)


> Also the presenters don't get any extra academic points for  
> presenting. They get their points for having a paper published. So  
> there is no incentive for them to cooperate in providing a good  
> presentation.

This is the killer. With no incentive, why bother?

Still, I reckon that in the 21st Century getting "points" only for  
presenting work that's "written in words", as opposed to using high- 
memetic-bandwidth channels which might better convey meaning, is as  
obsolete as demanding that PhD theses be written in Latin.

Stil


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