With Google Hangouts On Air, you can host and broadcast live discussions and performances to the world. You can also embed the live video player into a webpage with an html code, and later edit and share a copy of the broadcast. At the University of Pennsylvania, I've done dozens of complex, large-scale live webcasts using Google Hangouts on Air. Here, I share my findings.
Live Streaming
Live streaming is a combination of some of my favorite things: creativity, video and audio production, computer technology, producing something of value for people around the world and connecting them virtually.
For the past 8 years, I’ve been fortunate to oversee the live streaming technology for 150+ events per year at the Kelly Writer’s House at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to streaming daily special events, we also stream a popular series of live webcasts for the critically acclaimed online course (MOOC) “Modern and Contemporary American Poetry”, which has had more than 150,000 enrolled students since 2012.
I’ve been lucky to speak about live streaming at numerous conferences including Streaming Media East, Streaming Media West, Coursera Partners Conferences, Penn IT Staff Convention and more. I have also offered consultation to numerous schools and companies across the world.
My undergraduate degree is in Broadcast Radio and TV at Temple University. After graduation, I worked at a small local channel at Maris Grove in Delaware County, Pennsylvania before joining the University of Pennsylvania.
I enjoy keeping up with the latest live streaming trends and figuring out ways to incorporate new innovative ideas at our University.