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The SoundPEATS RunFree Lite Open Ear Headphones work well for webinars. I have tried a lot of headphones, earbuds, and more exotic gadgets,...

Screenshot from AI, ML & Friends Seminar,  Greetings from the weekly  AI, ML and Friends Seminar , at the ANU School of Computing. Last ...

Inserting microphone into soft toy, Photo by Tom Worthington, CC-BY 2022 In a large classroom it can be difficult to get a microphone to a p...

Frank R. Castelli ,  Cornell University Castelli and Sarvary (2021) have investigated why students do not turn on their video cameras during...

A problem for those of us who wear spectacles is reflections from the screen showing up in a video conference. Three ways I have found to re...

CECS graduates contest (video), ANU 2021 Last week I was asked to stand in front of a green screen in academic regalia, and go though the mo...

To get a better Zoom virtual background, I purchased a 2 x 3 m photographic backdrop sheet, online for $12.99 (including postage). This is c...

Lapel Microphone with Earphone Jack The sound with a headset and boom microphone is excellent, but I was getting tired of wearing these afte...

For the last year and a half Zoom has been my go-to video conferencing application. But some organisations prefer Microsoft Teams. The bigge...

Video conferencing with a Jabra Talk 5 Earpiece and ANU CECS Beanie Since February I have been in many hours a day of video conferences...

Greetings from Canberra, where Professor Geoff Crisp , UC DVC&VP-A,  is speaking on Reflections on Peer Review of Teaching for Promoti...

Logitech C170 Webcam Some Australian Aldi stores are selling off Logitech C170 Webcams for $AU6.99 (1024 x 768pixels maximum resolution...

If educational institutions need to conduct tutorials and laboratory sessions remotely for off-campus students due to the Novel Coronavirus ...