Overview. The IVS Department provides interactive video technology to facilitiate distance learning courses to each of WKU's Regional Campus locations. Our efforts in scheduling, training, and trouble-shooting Interactive Video (IVS) classes and videoconferences are intended to promote and improve the educational and communication experiences and opportunities for faculty, students, and staff.
History. Western's Interactive Video program began in the fall of 1984 with one Speech Communication course being taught in Bowling Green and sent with one-way video to Owensboro, KY via microwave transmission. The two-way audio interaction was accomplished through the use of telephone conference sets in each room. This system remained in use until the early 1990s. During the 1992-94 years, WKU expanded its ITV operation to include Glasgow and Fort Knox locations, as well as utilizing VTEL's video compression system to transmit two-way audio and video over dedicated T-1 telephone lines.
In the summer of 2005, the IVS program accomplished another significant technology conversion to an IP-based (H.323) system. The conversion allows for greater connectivity with sites on a more regional and global level. The IP-based system also allows for improved remote trouble-shooting capabilities by the IVS staff.
During the first decade of Interactive Video service, 35 faculty members from 10 departments offered 95 courses with an enrollment of over 2,500 students. Today, IVS facilities provides the technology for over 175 courses per year, serving approximately 4,800 students per year. This new technology is also utilized by faculty allowing them to have guest presentations from locations around the globe.
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