Lightboard
A lightboard can be used in the context of a flipped classroom situation and the asynchronous teaching/learning material is then discussed via a video conferencing. The use of lightboards allow that teachers face the learners in a recorded video while writing instead of looking towards a blackboard.
Smart-Lightboard™
editSmart-Lightboard™ is a relatively new design (2024) and uses a unique technology providing a digital ‘layer’ over the glass board allowing the user to write digitally, display and interact with images, while maintaining direct eye contact with the camera and audience. Learn more about the differences between traditional Lightboard and Smart-Lightboard™
Structure of a lightboard
editThe lightboard is a horizontal pane of glass, whereby the teacher is recorded through the pane and the teacher writes on one side. The lightboard fulfils the following fundamental properties:
- when the light is switched on, the writing on the lightboard is visible,
- when the light is switched off, the writing on the lightboard is no longer visible,
- the image of the teacher is mirrored (e.g. with the Open Source Software OBS-Studio). The mirroring of the video image is necessary because the lightboard is recorded from the rear and writing by the teacher would be recorded mirror-inverted for the learners. Due to the fact that the recording from mirror by the Screencasting software.
Building a lightboard
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editLiterature
edit- ↑ Jon Bergmann (2016) Youtube-Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNnsU1e8uoM (accessed: 2020/05/15)
- ↑ Jon Bergmann (2016) How to Make a Lightboard - DIY Tutorial - URL: https://flippedlearning.org/how_to/how-to-make-a-lightboard-for-less-than-100/ (accessed: 2024/12/08)