Distributed Education Using the mStar Environment

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 company internal training, have deployed the mStar environment. This pape...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Synnes,Kåre, Lachapelle,Serge, Parnes,Peter, Schefstroem,Dick
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Journal of Universal Computer Science 1998
Subjects:
distributed education
mStar environment
real-time
MBone
WWW
Luleå
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-004-10-0807
https://lib.jucs.org/article/27519/
https://lib.jucs.org/article/27519/download/pdf/
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Summary: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 company internal training, have deployed the mStar environment. This paper reports on experiences gained over a year of practice at the 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.

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