Interactive Distance Learning Over Intranets

  • Authors:
  • Kurt Maly;Hussein Abdel-Wahab;C. Michael Overstreet;J. Christian Wild;Ajay K. Gupta;Alaa Youssef;Emilia Stoica;Ehab S. Al-Shaer

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Many distance learning systems claim to be interactive, but few can offer two-way video, on-the-fly interaction and application sharing. To address these limitations, our research group built the Interactive Remote Instruction (IRI) system, which links sites over a high-speed intranet, allowing students at geographically dispersed satellite campuses and community colleges to take a class together. Access from home PCs through a Windows NT port is planned but not yet available. IRI improves on the Old Dominion University's Teletechnet system in five areas: video resolution, asymmetrical video presence, interaction, teacher support and computer simulations