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

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

264

Lastpage

270

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.628612

Filename

628612