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CMAS Selects HaiVision’s hai500 Codec for Telemedicine Training during NEEMO 7

Montreal, Canada – October 18, 2004 – Hamilton, Ontario based CMAS (Center for Minimal Access Surgery) has selected HaiVision’s hai500 MPEG-2 encoder/decoder to provide video transmission for the NEEMO 7 space analogue mission. During this mission the CMAS team is supporting astronauts in experimental procedures related to their breakthrough telesurgery and telementoring techniques. CMAS has […]

FCC, USDA work on rural broadband

The Rural Wireless Community VISION program, the latest effort of the Joint Federal Rural Wireless Outreach Initiative, will put staff from the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) on-site with RUS loan-grant officers and regional field representatives to help communities deploy wireless broadband systems.Read the Full Story

Schools, colleges flock to Internet2

Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and government partners, the Internet2 project was conceived seven years ago as a way to deploy advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, in effect creating a super-fast, “next-generation” internet. Read the Full Story

South Australian Schools Lead the Way with Centra-Powered Live Internet classes

Centra was one of eight service and technology providers selected as part of a contract extending to December 2006 known as “eduCONNECT” that will revolutionize learning in South Australian schools by providing full, protected access to the Internet and the latest communication technologies for every student and teacher in the State.Read the Full Story

Course Management Systems and the Reinvention of Instruction

Once again, technology potentially comes to the rescue with the Course Management System (CMS). A CMS is Internet-based software that manages student enrollment, tracks student performance, and creates and distributes course content.Read the Full Story

No more winter break for some; BU [Boston University] now offers another semester

The recently added winter session is the result of student demand, University officials said. Its design and operation will be modeled after those used in the summer session, which has in general been considered a success.Read the Full Story

IGNOU [Indira Gandhi National Open University] To Reach Remote Areas Through EDUSAT

EDUSAT is the first exclusive satellite dedicated to the educational sector. It is specially configured to meet the growing demand for an interactive satellite based distance education system for the country through audio-visual medium. The satellite will have multiple regional beams covering different parts of India- five Ku-band transponders with spot beams covering northern, north-eastern, […]

Understanding and Troubleshooting Videoconferencing Networks

Understand key components of the networkLearn about options for improving speed and reliabilityView call setup and management in a live networkhttp://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/

Use of fake degrees worrisome

Chairman of the Vice-Chancellors and Rectors Council Tan Sri Dr Abu Hassan Othman said the country “should not tolerate” the practice of awarding bogus degrees as it seriously tarnishes the country’s image as an education provider for the region.Read the Full Story

LanguageTeach

The LT Development Tool is a software product which enables any materials developer without special technical knowledge to create web-based interactive material. Educational material is kept as a set of Web pages either on the student’s local hard drive or on a Web server.LanguageTeach