Wharton Media Network

Preserving Knowledge and Instruction for On-Demand Playback

Wharton professors frequently record class sessions, guest lecturers, or special events for online student access through the Wharton Media Network. Students can review previous class sessions or browse a library of past speakers and industry leaders who have visited Wharton.

Wharton's Media Network (also known as the Wharton Video Network) offers students and faculty:

  • Course videos organized by department, semester, and individual course
  • Videos of lecture series, speaker events, and more
  • New and most popular titles highlighted
  • Push-button instructor activation of video recording using the Wharton Lectern

Technical Platform

Software:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 9 Series
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • Adobe ColdFusion
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Crestron control interface (integrated into Wharton Lectern)

Hardware:

  • VBrick Appliance MPEG video encoders
  • IBM BladeCenter HS21 media servers
  • Network Appliance FAS3020 media storage

Wharton Media Network Recognition

News and Press Coverage

For More Information


Jeremy Siegel Online

Prof. Jeremy Siegel

Professor Jeremy Siegel's "Market Report," presented in the first 15 minutes of his Finance class, is one of the most popular sessions at Wharton. Students not enrolled in the course often pack the classroom to hear Siegel's analysis of the current global markets, presented in front of real-time financial information screens. Students who can't make the session – or who want to later review the material – can connect to the Wharton Media Network through Wharton's SPIKE student intranet from anywhere in the world.

In addition to video recordings of Wharton courses, the Wharton Media Network includes presentations by industry leaders such as Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO, General Electric; Ann Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO, Xerox; Bruce Chizen, CEO, Adobe Systems; and Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft (pictured).

Rich Media Environment

"I'm a member of the Leadership Lecture committee. When Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, came to Wharton the auditorium filled up an hour before he was due to start, so we simulcast his talk into additional classrooms. Before the end of the day, the lecture was also posted on the Wharton Video Network where anyone could access it if they had missed the talk – or even just to hear it again. It was great."

Megan Myers, W'09