The Lightboard

This lightboard was designed by Michael Peshkin, professor of mechanical engineering, for use in MOOCs (free, online courses that attract large numbers of participants seeking to explore a new field or feed a curiosity) produced by the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.

In the words of Professor Michael Peshkin “I developed the Lightboard to be able to record attractive online lectures, easily. In technical subjects equations and sketches are important, and I use my hands a lot as I write and talk. I’m not writing backwards; the board is videotaped in mirror reflection. This process is direct-to-disk, so you can do it yourself with little or no post-production.”