Improving Speaker Training with Interactive Lectures

Mathias Kolsch, Kristian Kvilekval, Kevin Almeroth
Dept of Computer Science
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110
{matz,kris,almeroth}@cs.ucsb.edu

Abstract

Feedback has always been a cornerstone of the learning process. 
Advances in mobile devices and wireless connectivity promise 
closer and better feedback between speakers and audiences. In 
this paper we discuss a system allowing both real-time and 
reflective feedback for speakers. By means of online video 
annotations the audience can augment a lecture with personal 
notes and give the speaker valuable feedback both 
instantaneously and retrospectively. The strengths and 
weaknesses of the system based on lecture hall experiments 
are presented and discussed.