tele-TASK: teleteaching anywhere solution kit

ABSTRACT

With the help of the new developed system tele-TASK - Teleteaching Anywhere Solution Kit - [2] [7] a new, drastically simplified entrance technology for on-line lectures is reached. Out of the apartment or the office each PC user with a suitable Internet connection can follow online lessons comfortably. Even an interested layman is able to access the courses. Not only content of teaching are delivered, which are presented to the students in the lecture-room by either a whiteboard or a video beamer, but simultaneously also video and audio of the lecturer. Navigation bar for accessing different parts in the recorded lecture are included. Tele-TASK supports all usual platforms, different net bandwidths, arbitrary presentation programs and needs no special software installations, configurations and no precognition of the end-users. For the first time, the system was deployed for recording, transmission and archiving of the computer science lecture "Information security in open networks" at the University of Trier in the summer semester 2002. High access numbers are expression of the perfectly problem-free and easy possibilities of using.

REFERENCES

• 1: http://www.ti.fhg.de Institut für Telematik
• 2: tele-TASK Web page http://www.tele-task.com
• 3: Theoretical Concepts and new Applications in Computer Science, University of Trier http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/TI/
• 4: Realnetworks http://www.realnetworks.com
• 5: VNC - Virtual Network Computing http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc
• 6: SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/
• 7: C. Meinel, V. Schillings, Technical Report 02-02: tele-TASK - Teleteaching Anywhere Solution Kit Institut für Telematik, Trier, Germany
• 8: Realpresenter http://www.realnetworks.com/products/presenterone/index.html

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.1 Computer Uses in Education
          Subjects: Distance learning

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Experimentation, Human Factors, Management, Security

Keywords:
course recording, distance learning, e-learning, streaming media, tele-lecturing, teleteaching, web-based training