Advancing asynchronous distance education using high-speed networks

Author

Harris, Dale A. ; Dipaolo, Andy

Author_Institution

Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

449

Abstract

The Center for Telecommunications at Stanford University, in partnership with the Stanford Center for Professional Development, has designed and deployed an experimental system for delivery of Stanford courses in multimedia format to distance learners using the Internet as well as two experimental, asychronous transfer mode (ATM)-based, high-speed network testbeds. This configuration is designed to prototype the emerging broadband communications infrastructure in the United States and elsewhere. The courses are stored on servers and made available to distance learners on-demand. The user interface is implemented on the World Wide Web. Issues of systems integration, educational effectiveness, and economics are under study as part of the project, called ADEPT (Asynchronous Distance Education ProjecT). In this paper, ADEPT is described along with its experience to date

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; computer aided instruction; engineering computing; engineering education; multimedia systems; ADEPT; Internet; asychronous transfer mode; asynchronous distance education; broadband communications infrastructure; economics; high-speed networks; multimedia format; Broadband communication; Distance learning; High-speed networks; IP networks; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Prototypes; System testing; User interfaces; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.538771

Filename

538771