Online lectures with the paella player

Abstract

Online lectures can be offered in different ways. These include real-time streaming, powerpoints set to music and simple videos. All of these offerings have advantages and disadvantages. For example, with large numbers of listeners, direct streaming is often impossible for technical reasons. Powerpoints with sound are very uncomfortable for students to use. Vi-deos have a number of advantages. However, it has been shown that it is very useful if both the presentation and the lecturer are visible at the same time. This is made possible by the Paella Player developed by the Universitat Politècnica de València. The functionality as well as the requirements for using this player will be presented in the article.