PAS presents LightPod: Lightboard meets Podcast
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LightPod is a new and original teaching format from the Laboratory of Process Automation Systems.
With the newly constructed Lightboard studio, the Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is now able to present a new and original teaching format: LightPod.
LightPod videos are intended as supplementary material for courses, such as machine learning methods for engineers. In short videos, an expert and an interviewer are discussing selected and complex topics. The discussion is visually enhanced through the Lightboard.
A lightboard is a transparent board on which educators can write with neon markers while facing the camera and therefore the audience. Text is visibly "glowing" through illumination from the edges of the board. Apart from handwritten content, plots, figures and animations can be shown to enhance the discussion.
In the first LightPod series, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sergio Lucia and Felix Fiedler discuss topics from machine learning.
Construction
The Lightboard studio was planned and constructed entirely by the staff of the Laboratory of Process Automation Systems.
The board is the core element of the construction and consists of a large glas pane and a solid frame. In the frame, there is a stripe of LEDs surrounding the glass to illuminate the writing on the board.
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Sketch of the Lightboard construction. -
Components of the LightPod are ready for assembly. -
Closeup of the frame of the LightPod with LED Illumination. This light makes writing "glow" on the glas panel. -
Colleges from the PAS and DYN chair are gathered for the assembly of the LightBoard. -
The fully assembled LightBoard with black backdrop and illumination.
Lightboard
The characteristic style of a Lightboard recording can be seen in this image. Only the presenter(s) as well as the content are visible. The background fades to black.
This visual effect is achieved by proper illumination in front of a black background and proper settings of the camera. Interactive elements (plots, animations) through a composition with PowerPoint slides. The presenter(s) see the composition on a control monitor behind the camera, thus enabling interaction with these materials.
The presenter(s) fortunately don't have to practice writing in reverse to operate the Lightboard. The image is simply flipped while capturing.
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Location & approach
The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dortmund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dortmund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station (“Dortmund Universität”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station (“Dortmund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop “Dortmund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dortmund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dortmund Universität S”.
The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dortmund Universität S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.
The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here. The building is within 5min walking distance of the H-Bahn Station "Dining Hall at North Campus".
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.
Site Map of TU Dortmund University (Second Page in English).
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The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".
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