The document discusses how PeopleLink's eLearning suite leverages video collaboration to enhance education by enabling remote access to experts, interactive learning, and efficient communication between students and educators. It outlines key benefits such as flexible scalability, real-time media sharing, and improved parent-teacher interactions while addressing challenges like limited access to resources and high operational costs. PeopleLink aims to optimize learning opportunities and foster collaboration in educational settings through innovative video conferencing solutions.

1. Whitepaper | Education
Video Collaboration for an
enhanced Interactive Learning
Experience with eLearning
Suite

2. Introduction
Video collaboration solutions for education, can bring the best of
learning environment to your learning centrewithease of operation
and cost-effective than you’d imagine.
Technology plays a crucial role in the transformation of society.
Communities are integrating these tools of technologies for their
own development processes. Education sector being one of the
cornerstones of society’s development needs to use these tools to
enhance the experience of teaching / learning. PeopleLink offers a
leading eLearning suite which can connect and extend the expert
availability to the remotest corner of the globe to connect the
students who are unable to access it due to limited availability of
necessary Infrastructure.
PeopleLink offers a unique solution for the Education vertical
capable of delivering best in class video experience, flexible
scalability, and a comprehensive set of data collaboration tools
which make learning extremely effective & efficient. PeopleLink e-
learning suite are backed with a strong integrated approach
focusing and securing the existing Investments of the user by
connecting seamlessly with the available 3rd party hardware for
providing an unparalleled Video collaboration experience.
PeopleLink advantage for the Educators –
 Gain a competitive edge with PeopleLink eLearning Suite for
extending effective content & lecture delivery to the students
 Leverage the utility of inbuilt video mixing by connecting
multiple camera Inputs (Like, camera focusing on the
Lecturer, Integrated Smart board, virtualizeretc) and share
all the videos simultaneously with the remote students for
delivering a real classroom experience.
 Unlimited Inbuilt recording in a non-proprietary format
assists in creating a digital Library for students to access the
recordings later for revisions.
 Public / Private Chat option extends the feature of
conducting group discussions & One to One feedback
between the trainer and the students
 Video Consultation helps educational Institutes in
conducting Interviews / Counselling, giving career
consultations to its students, organizing Parent Teacher
meetings over video etc.
 Virtualize your classrooms to optimize the Operating costs &
expand the reach & connectivity even to the remotest
location
 Real Time sharing of Media with the students

3.  Evaluate Training effectiveness, take feedbacks & conduct
basic questionnaire based evaluations with Inbuilt Poll
option
 Flexible scalability and mobility gives the freedom of joining
from any device.
 Inbuilt Whiteboard sharing with the ability to offer a real time
two way annotation makes learning more comprehensive &
fun.
 Enhance Group learning among students by creating virtual
sub groups for conducting focus discussions and conducting
team tasks & activities.
About PeopleLink
Founded in 2007, PeopleLink has emerged as India's first ISO 9001-2008
certified Video Conference Company. It has marked an exponential 108%
growth Y-o-Y from the past 5 years. A pioneer of modern video technology,
PeopleLink, after accomplishing its pan India coverage is now expanding
its Global operations. Its range of offerings includes next generation Video
technology and Audio Video peripherals across a wide range of focused
industry verticals. PeopleLink offers the most robust customer / partner
service in the Industry today. PeopleLink has a strong and agile partner
network to connect with our esteemed partners across 25 countries
globally.
For more information, please visit www.peoplelink.in
PeopleLink technology is now a part of an academic curriculum of United
States for their post-secondary students of Computers & Information
Technology. PeopleLink features under Easier Collaborations for video,
audio and data sharing with ease to the remote participants.

4. Challenges
Learning is time and Location dependent: Students turn up to
lectures and take notes. The learning is limited to the available
tutor, and students capable of attending the class.
Curriculum Quality:Educators and trainers are tasked with providing
a wide range of content and services to administrators, staff,
students, stakeholders, and employees.
High Operational costs: Operational costs of running an educational
institute are high, keeping in view providing for various
administrative services and facilities for students and teachers
alike.
Limited Access to students: As anyorganization is based in any one
location, several students are unable to attend the classes due to
distance constraints.
Limited Subject Matter Experts:Not all tutors are experts in all
subjects and not all of them can be present at all times at all
locations.
Benefits of Video Collaboration
Enhance and share expertise with Subject Matter Experts –
forlocations with limited access to specialized instructors,
campuses can connect to share resources and subject matter
expert teachers inorder to offer programs to all students across
distant locations andeven remote villages.

5. LECTURE ROOM WITH THE INSTRUCTOR (INTEGRATION WITH 3RD
PARTY
AV PERIPHERALS LIKE PROJECTORS, CAMERA & EXTERNAL AUDIO
DEVICES)
LECTURER CAN BE ENABLED WITH
VISUALISER & INTERACTIVE TABLET
MONITOR FOR ENHANSING THE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DEPARTMENT 1
MULTI-DEPARTMENT VIRTUAL TRAINING WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
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Student Collaboration Projects across geographic boundaries –
onescience project, ten eager minds, three locations. There are no
boundaries for peers to learn teamwork and advance their
skillstogether. Collaborate with another class in another city to
discussissues and ideas, participate in a student-led discussion
about a science project; offer prep classes; and much more.
Interactive, virtual field trips – take students on exciting, educational
field trips without leaving the classroom. See Museums,
ancientfossils, dance programs or live aquariums. With crystal clear
HD video,it’s as good as being there.
Student-Parent-Teacher Benefit - PeopleLink Video Conferencing can
give busy parents direct access to teachers which ultimately
supportstheir children's academic achievement. The bond between
parent andteacher also increases, as video conferencing widens the
scope ofcommunication. There is no need to fret over ignored parent-
teacherconferences, as these regular meetings can easily take place
at moreconvenient times for both instructors and parents. This saves
both time and travel expense for both parties involved.
PARENTTEACHER
VIDEO COLLABORATION TO ENHANCE PARENT-TEACHER INTERACTIONS
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6. Optimize Learning Opportunities - Learning opportunities are
optimized when they are streamed, recorded and available for replay.
Video conferencing solutions for education, from PeopleLink, lets
students and educators alike learn on the schedule that suits them
best. PeopleLink enables the delivery of education in HD video
whether from the comfort of a desk in an office or on a mobile device
while on the go.
Non-verbal Communication - Convey the messages using nonverbal
communication (e.g., gestures, tone of the voice, posture, eye
contact). This enables visual feedback in real time. This helps in
gauging the course content prepared by the educator for the
Students. This real time feedback shall assist educators to constantly
enhance their curriculum based on the student’s interest levels.
Extend course offerings to unreachable locations– Offer courses to
advanced learners, special needs students, faculty, staff and
parents,home based students and community members who earlier
hadlimited or no access to your educational courses due to
distanceconstraints. These can now connect to your lectures and
classes over PeopleLink Video Conferencing.
Training being conducted at the Central Venue for available
candidates, while collaborating with the remote teams over
Video.
Remote Departments can access the training
virtually from their home locations without
travelling to the venue of training.
Individual Users can
access remote
trainings on Laptop or
Mobile devices
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM & DISTANCE LEARNING
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Foster Collaboration for Smart Classrooms - Collaboration is one of
the most important tools in education. From working on team
projects to learning more about the people on that team, video
conferencing solutions from PeopleLink help foster effective
collaboration and enable a more engaging learning experience for
projects with students in the same school or on different continents.

7. SMART INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM WITH WIDE ANGLE LECTURER TRACKING CAMERA & DIGITAL PODIUM
DESKTOP USERS
LAPTOP USERS
INTERACTIVE SMART CLASSROOM WITH UBIQUTOUS SESSION ATTENDANCE
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Features
 Full HD Ubiquitous Video session facility accessible over
multi-platform devices like Laptop, Desktop, mobile devices
from any learning location including hostels, classrooms,
home etc.
 Multiple video support with dual screen option for viewing
Presenter and multi-format document sharing simultaneously.
 Desktop & Application sharing option for enhancing learning
experience of the students while enabling students both in
campus and off campus to access the lecture content.
 Option of Aliasto name each logged in User by enabling a
banner for the Individual or location detail.
 Integrated web browsing option to share across the live
annotation or viewing the online content for enhancing
learning experience.
 Breakout sessions for involving students to have a virtual
interactive sessions for effective learning.
 Online objective test options for evaluating student
understanding, conducting feedback polls etc.
 Integration of multiple video sessions to inculcate multi-
disciplinary speciality courses.
 Connectivity over any network to support the distinct login
environments of the students (eg; WiFi, Broadband, MPLS
etc)
 Multiple camera support for integrating self or multi format
cameras of various makes to integrate and transmit
simultaneous videos.

8. Conclusion
In today's competitive environment, educational institutions are
highly concerned with intercampus connectivity, operating more
efficiently, and reducing travel costs. Administrators must manage
busy schedules that are filled with meetings, briefings, and
regulatory requirement deadlines. PeopleLink offers an all in one
offering catering to all the challenges faced by the educators by –
 Enabling accelerated decision making, and accomplish
organizational goals and objectives PeopleLink Video
Conference Solution.
 Eliminating the need for travel and time out of office – Save
time and expenses associated with travel when you connect
virtually for administrative meetings
 Sharing Expertise & New Employee Trainings – Connect with
colleagues, collaborate on projects, host new employee
Trainings, and discuss significant issues between campuses.
 Granting greater access – Allow administration and staff to
tap into the field of experts to participate in educational
programs such as graduate degree activities, continuing
education course work, professional development, and
access to other resources otherwise not available locally.