ICT in Education Toolkit

3. Plan for Video/Television Infrastructure
Step 1: Planning for Video/Broadcast Television Infrastructure


TV/Video Recording Needs by Project
Needs TV Broadcast


Needs Video Recording

TV/Video Recording Needs by Geographical Area
Needs TV Broadcast


Needs Video Recording

Institutional Usage Setting
(Within institutions such as schools, community centers, workplace, or outside of institutions)

 
  3. Planning for Video/TV: Infrastructure Needs
 

Step 1. Identify Infrastructure Needs

Retrieve from Filing Cabinet - 2.2 - the document "ICT Policy Program Decision."

Review the document to identify the needs for video/broadcast infrastructure to implement the proposed program.

Meanwhile the Team should looks at each need, in terms of objective, geography and institutional setting and determines whether the need is better served by self-standing video recordings ( and VCR/DVD players) or by broadcast television (and TV sets). To assist the Team in its assessment, click the link below to review the main comparative strengths and drawbacks of each technology option.

BROADCAST TELEVISION VERSUS VIDEO RECORDINGS

To summarize your deliberations, click and fill the FORM

The Team may solicit information from appropriate individuals or institutions by sending the FORM as email attachment requesting that it be completed and returned.

If you determine that the proposed program does not need Video/TV technologies, skip Step 2.

Video/Broadcast Television Infrastructure Plan


A. Present Status
Specify the geographic areas of the ICT Program where TV broadcast coverage is adequate, useable and affordable now or will be as a result of plans to improve the situation?



Specify the geographic areas of the ICT Program where TV broadcast coverage does not exist and/or will not be adequate during the life of the Project:



Summarize the improvement plans for TV broadcast coverage with their timetable to ensure that they will be in place in time for the ICT Program to benefit from them:



Summarize present situation of availability of video recordings and of existing facilities to produce video recordings. (Places to explore include local community colleges, resource centers, commercial studios, etc.)




B. Plans
TV Broadcast (existing and/or improved) (If yes, complete below)  YES  NO 


Specify arrangements with TV service, needed airtime, scheduling, and elements that require capital or recurrent expenditure (to cost in Tool 5.1). Provide comparative information about vendors in terms of quality, availability and provision of technical support. Also specify implementation timetable to be incorporated into Tool 5.2 (Master Plan)

Use of video recording (If yes, complete below)  YES  NO 


Outline plan to use existing or created video recording facilities. Include arrangements with existing providers and elements that require capital and recurrent expenditures (to cost in Tool 5.5). Provide comparative information about vendors in terms of quality, availability and provision of technical support. Also specify implementation timetable to be incorporated in Tool 5.2 (Master Plan). (This decision will be reflected in the choice of hardware in Tool 3.2)


Data Collection Information
Annotations on data

Additional comments

 
  3. Planning for Video/Broadcast TV: Infrastructure Plans
 

Step 2. Plan for adequate video/broadcast TV infrastructure

Next, the Team formulates plans for TV broadcasts, video recording or both in light of

  • Video/TV infrastructure needs (Step 1) and
  • Status of existing TV transmission and video recording facilities and plans for improvement.

The Team may download the FORM below and use it as a guide for information collection and deliberation before completing it. It may also seek information and advice from knowledgeable individuals or institutions by sending them the FORM as an email attachment.