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Memorandum
Date: August 25, 1994
To: Electronic Colleagues
From: Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
Subject: Video tape of "Global Lecture Hall" videoconference on 7/7th
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Dear Electronic Colleagues:
(1) GLH on 7/7th:
A video tape of our "Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (TM) videoconference on "Compare and Evaluate Available Technologies: Learning Through Using" is now available. The GLH was held at the occasion of The First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia (which was taken place in Moscow) with the theme of "Distance Learning and New Technologies in Education." The University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) hosted our videoconferencing center to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the university.
In spite of some technical glitches, the GLH was full of exciting demonstrations of the most advanced, cutting-edge desktop videoconferencing technologies to indicate the future direction of global electronic distance education exchange, which is one of the most important uses of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII). The demonstrations were greatly appreciated by viewers around the world.
The report of this event complied the results of our evaluation and comparison of various delivery systems basing on our premises, technical glitches encountered, comments and reports received from around the world.
(2) Greetings:
a. Opening remark by Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, President of Global University/USA
b. Greetings by Mr. Colin N. Power, Assistant Director-General for Educa-
tion, UNESCO/Paris
c. Greetings by Dr. Alexander D. Ivannikov, First Vice President, Associa-
tion of International Education (from Moscow)
d. Mr. James W. Hall, Vice Chancellor for Educational Technology, State
University of New York System Office (from Moscow)
e. Greetings by President Joseph E. Johnson, The University of Tennessee
f. Greetings by Chancellor William T. Snyder, The University of Tennessee
g. Greetings by Dr. Glen Hall, Dean of the College of Agriculture, The
University of Tennessee
h. Greetings by Dr. Michael G. Moore, Editor of The American Journal of
Distance Education (from Moscow)
i. Greetings by Professor David A. Johnson, Former President of Fulbright
Association, The University of Tennessee
j. Greetings by Dr. Peter T. Knight, Chief of Pilot Electronic Media
Center, The World Bank (from Moscow)
k. Greetings by Dr. Vladimir L. Uskov, The ICDED-94 Programme Coordinator,
Director, AICAD Center, Moscow State Technical University n.a. Bauman
(from Moscow)
(3) Demonstrations:
a. Demonstration of "Friends and Partners" World Wide Web (WWW) Server:
By Mr. Greg Cole of UTK and Ms. Natasha Bulashova, Institute of Biochem-
istry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchi-
no, Russia, -- mixed media (text, graphics, image, audio, and video) informa-
tion exchange via Internet, as integrating information from all of the best
Internet-based tools and utilities -- Listservers, Gophers, WAIS databases,
FTP archives, etc. -- a forerunner of asynchronous, "Just-In-Time," individu-
alized education.
b. Demonstration of CU-SeeMe via Internet:
By Mr. Richard Cogger of Cornell Univ., Prof. Jose Brenes of the Univ.
of Costa Rica, Prof. Marc Eisenstadt of the Open Univ. in U.K., Mr. Allyn J.
Radford of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, -- a black
and white video (10 to 15 frame per second [fps]) with Macintosh -- also audio
conferencing with MAVEN via Internet.
Albeit crude video quality yet, this showed readily available videocon- ference among educational communities around the world with TCP/IP oriented Internet, even including passive participation of Warsaw Univ. in Poland, without use of satellite nor dish antenna -- and even without use of overseas telephone calls. It could be of a strong interest to K- 12 educators.
c. Demonstration of MBONE via Internet:
By Messrs Mike McCann, Donald Paul Brutzman, and Mike Macedonia of the
Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, -- text, graphics, image,
whiteboard, audio, and video (1 to 3 fps) via 200 Kbps bandwidth -- with
scientific visualizations of a global circulation model for ocean currents.
d. Demonstration of ShowMe via Ethernet LAN of UTK:
By Mr. Greg Cole of UTK and his student -- text, graphics, image,
whiteboard, audio, and video (near 30 fps).
e. Demonstration of ShareView via Plain Old Telephone (POT):
By Mr. Jim Miller of SYNECTICS -- text, graphics, image, whiteboard,
audio, and video (10 to 15 fps) via 9.6 Kbps bandwidth. Video of instructor,
handwriting in color on an electronic whiteboard, freeze-frame exchange,
image/graphic with annotation, dynamic graphic presentation by real-time
execution of an application program/simulation model, etc., were demonstrated
in windows on computer screen at both sites. They were seeing each other
while discussing the subject matter through the same POT line.
ShareView videoconferencing with inexpensive equipment and telecommuni- cation line can be very valuable in developing countries where Internet (with TCP/IP node) has not been well established yet.
f. Demonstration of "Multimedia of America (MMOA)" (TM):
Interconnection of two ShareView units via terrestrial POT was demon-
strated by Mr. Timothy Cook of Nebraska Educational TV and students of Niles
High School in Michigan at Governors State University. Each of them uplinked
analog signals which were downlinked at the UTK to produce two split screens
side-by-side. Teaching on Japanese Kanji brush stroke sequences was demon-
strated on whiteboard of ShareView units.
These demonstrations are toward the development of a one-to-many, receive-only multimedia system via inexpensive narrow-band channel of satellite (i.e., our MMOA project), for those students in rural and remote areas where there is no Internet node yet.
(4) Should you be interested in viewing the video tape, please fill out the attached form and send back to me with your check or a purchasing order number.
Best, Tak
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-----------< T H E P U R C H A S I N G F O R M >--------------
Video Tape
of
"Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (TM)
for
"COMPARE AND EVALUATE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES: LEARNING THROUGH USING"
at the occasion of
The First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia
Moscow, Russia
Thursday, July 7, 1994
Originated at
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
I. PURCHASER
NAME: _______________________________________________________________________
TITLE: ______________________________________________________________________
ORGANIZATION: _______________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________
CITY: _________________________ STATE: _____ ZIP CODE: ____________________
COUNTRY: ____________________________________________________________________
PHONE: ________________________ FAX: _____________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS(ES): _________________________________________________________
II. PRICE PER COPY
(A) [ ] Non-profit organization:
(i) Pre-college level:
[ ] GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S.$55.00
[ ] Non GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
(ii) College and university level up:
[ ] GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
[ ] Non GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
(B) [ ] Profit-oriented organization:
[ ] GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
[ ] Non GLOSAS/USA member . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
(C) Full report in hard copy (60 pages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
(D) Shipping and handling charges:
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(2) Canada and Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
(3) Other overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
III. PAYMENT
(A) No. of copies ___ X Price per copy at US$__________ . . . . . __________
(B) Full report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __________
(C) Shipping and handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __________
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $__________
Enclosed is my (our) check made payable to "GLOSAS/USA" for the video
tape of GLH on July 7, 1994. Total enclosed: . . . . . . . . . . $__________
IV. OTHERS
[ ] Please bill me using the Purchase Order Number: __________________
[ ] Please send me an application form of GLOSAS/USA membership.
[ ] Please send me information about the MMOA project and list me in
the mailing list of the project.
[ ] Please send me a purchasing form of the video tape of GLH on
8/21/1993.
[ ] Please send me a purchasing form of the video tape of GLH on
10/6/1993.
Return address:
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D. *
* President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA) *
* A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *
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