Paper F- Distributed Education using the mStar Environment Distributed Education using the mStar Environment 1

• Main Authors: Kåre Synnes, Serge Lachapelle, Peter Parnes, Dick Schefström, Distributed Education
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Luleå
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.108.939; http://media.csee.ltu.se/~unicorn/Doctor/Thesis/08_Paper_F_WebNet_JoUCS_1998.pdf

The mStar environment for distributed education utilizes the WWW and IP-multicast to enable teacher-student collaboration over large geographic distances. Several educational projects, spanning from secondary school courses to in-house training in companies, have deployed the mStar environment. This paper reports on experiences gained over a year of practice at Luleå University of Technology and the Centre for Distance-spanning Technology. The paper presents the methodology and technology used, while recognizing usage scenarios such as preparation of presentation material, distributed presentations, asynchronous playback of recorded and edited material, and virtual meetings for educational support. Keywords: distributed education, mStar environment, real time, MBone, WWW. 1.