Opencast – Higher Education Audio Video Infrastructures Projects
http://www.opencastproject.org/

Opencast is an initiative driven by higher education institutions to empower: a) institutions to make informed choices about capture, processing, and distribution infrastructure for audio/video; b) faculty to teach courses and share knowledge with their students and learners worldwide without technology getting in the way; c) students to access and shape media into a more meaningful tool for learning; and d) everyone to easily find and engage with educational video, audio, and other rich media from instructors and institutions around the world. The Opencast community is a collaboration of higher education institutions working together to explore, define, and document podcasting best practices and technologies. Through the listserv and Best Practice Guidelines wiki, the community offers guidance and information to help others choose the best approach for delivering rich media online. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.