Title :
Design and implementation of important applications in a Java-based multimedia digital classroom
Author :
Lee, Kuang-Chih ; Chang, Keh-Ning ; Yu, Shiuh-Sheng ; Chang, Ing-Chau ; Shia, Chee-Wen ; Chen, Wen-Chin ; Huang, Jau-Hsiung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Presents important issues in the design and implementation of a multimedia digital classroom (MDC) system, together with its applications. The MDC system is implemented in the Java language. It aims at providing important tools to support a distributed interactive education environment. The system consists of a classroom manager and some powerful teaching application tools. The classroom manager is a sharing system with a database. The teaching application tools include a multimedia Internet browser, a shared white-board, multi-channel audio conferencing, a World Wide Web-based note-taking system and an instruction evaluation system. The MDC system and these application tools have been implemented and tested in a heterogeneous environment where workstations and PCs are connected through networks
Keywords :
Internet; distributed processing; educational technology; groupware; microcomputer applications; multimedia systems; object-oriented languages; online front-ends; teaching; teleconferencing; Java language; PC network; World Wide Web-based note-taking system; classroom manager; database; distributed interactive education environment; heterogeneous environment; instruction evaluation system; multi-channel audio conferencing; multimedia Internet browser; multimedia digital classroom; shared white-board; sharing system; teaching application tools; workstation network; Education; Energy management; Internet; Java; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Personal communication networks; Power system management; System testing; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
