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MSI ApplicationsMSI Applications
E. Houstis (CS)E. Houstis (CS)A. Elmagarmid (CS)A. Elmagarmid (CS)
A. Nour (VET)A. Nour (VET)L. Tsoukalas (NE)L. Tsoukalas (NE)
M. Ishii (NE)M. Ishii (NE)
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OverviewOverview
Purdue-On-Line: CS activitiesPurdue-On-Line: CS activities Purdue-On-Line: Vet activitiesPurdue-On-Line: Vet activities PUMA: Purdue University Multi-PUMA: Purdue University Multi-
Dimensional Integral Test AssemblyDimensional Integral Test Assembly
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Purdue-On-Line: A Facility for On-Line Purdue-On-Line: A Facility for On-Line Instruction and Course DeliveryInstruction and Course Delivery
E. Houstis (CS), A. Elmagarmid (CS), A. Nour (VET), E. Houstis (CS), A. Elmagarmid (CS), A. Nour (VET), N. Dhanjani (CS), L. Tsoukalas (NE)N. Dhanjani (CS), L. Tsoukalas (NE)
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What is Purdue-On-Line (POL) What is Purdue-On-Line (POL) today?today?
Research project trying to address the Research project trying to address the following issues:following issues:• Design and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on Design and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on
stationary and mobile platformsstationary and mobile platforms• Research teaching methodologies for on-line instructionResearch teaching methodologies for on-line instruction• Experiment with a set of traditional courses Experiment with a set of traditional courses • Evaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line Evaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line
coursescourses• Evaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing, Evaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing,
and communication technologies and communication technologies • Assess the overall cost and impact of on-line educationAssess the overall cost and impact of on-line education• Educate faculty Educate faculty
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Who supports this effort?Who supports this effort?
Primarily Intel Corporation and Purdue Primarily Intel Corporation and Purdue UniversityUniversity
AT&T and IBM provided equipment AT&T and IBM provided equipment supportsupport
International collaboration (Univ. of International collaboration (Univ. of Crete, Greece)Crete, Greece)
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Digital Video Studio(Optibase Mpeg Card)
Video sources:Tape, Camera,Satellite, ...
Video Server(CISCO Video Server)
DiskBank
CD-ROM Burner
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Purdue-On-line Course Multimedia Purdue-On-line Course Multimedia Client/Server SystemsClient/Server Systems
Course Management ToolsCourse Management Tools• Learning Space (Learning Space (http://medusahttp://medusa) ) • WebCT (WebCT (http://http://webct.cs.purdue.edu)webct.cs.purdue.edu)• LearningLink (xyz) (considered)LearningLink (xyz) (considered)
VideoconferencingVideoconferencing• CuSeeMe (videoconfering)CuSeeMe (videoconfering)
Multimedia documentsMultimedia documents• VxtremeVxtreme
VideoserversVideoservers• CISCOCISCO• LucentLucent• OracleOracle
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Hardware FacilityHardware Facility
Optibase movie maker mpeg encoder Optibase movie maker mpeg encoder cardcard
VCR/TV/Sony digital cameraVCR/TV/Sony digital camera PC based Servers (Medusa: Quad PC, PC based Servers (Medusa: Quad PC,
60Gbytes disk, 512 Mbytes RAM)60Gbytes disk, 512 Mbytes RAM)
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Mobile Virtual Laboratories and Mobile Virtual Laboratories and PSEs forPSEs forInstruction and ResearchInstruction and Research
SoftLab (virtual lab framework)SoftLab (virtual lab framework) WebPELLPACK (Problem Solving WebPELLPACK (Problem Solving
Environment)Environment)
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Programming in C/C++Programming in C/C++
Freshman and Continuing Education Freshman and Continuing Education Students Students
High School BackgroundHigh School Background Offered two timesOffered two times
Functionality Product Cost(client)Browsing, E-mail, andaudioconferencing
Netscape, Explorer $0
Videoconferencing
CuSeeMe $49
Asynchronouscontent delivery
Lotus Learning Space, WebCT $35, $29
Video ondemand
CISCO, Lucent Donation
Compilers GNU + DFE95 (GUI interface toGNU compiler
$0
Talking headlectures withslides
Vxtreme n/a
Help System forContent
Local implementation 0
Tutorials Web tutorials on tools 0
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CS541: Data BasesCS541: Data Bases
Videolecture delivered by CISCO Videolecture delivered by CISCO videoservervideoserver
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Veterinary SchoolVeterinary School
On-line coursesOn-line courses Multimedia materialMultimedia material
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Chemistry CourseChemistry Course
Lecture 4 (“The World of Matter”)Lecture 4 (“The World of Matter”)(Delivered by CISCO videoserver)(Delivered by CISCO videoserver)
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ConclusionsConclusions
On-line distance learning technology requirementsOn-line distance learning technology requirements• Easy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing Easy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing
multimedia documentsmultimedia documents• Indexed full screen, high resolution video material on demandIndexed full screen, high resolution video material on demand• Tools for safeguarding digital library materialTools for safeguarding digital library material• VideoconferencingVideoconferencing• Secure course recordsSecure course records• Efficient course management toolsEfficient course management tools• Efficient network facilitiesEfficient network facilities• Multimedia content production facilitiesMultimedia content production facilities
POL will benefit from MSI infrastructure and researchPOL will benefit from MSI infrastructure and research POL environment, courses, material can be served as POL environment, courses, material can be served as
benchmark to MSI researchbenchmark to MSI research