Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA11277; Thu, 24 Mar 94 09:18:15 EST Received: from auvm.american.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA27699; Thu, 24 Mar 94 09:18:03 EST Message-Id: <9403241418.AA27699@MIT.EDU> Received: from AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9667; Thu, 24 Mar 94 09:14:40 EST Received: from AMERICAN.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@AUVM) by AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 0818; Thu, 24 Mar 1994 09:14:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 09:06:27 -0500 Reply-To: /S=TUTSUMI/O=ASSOCIATES.TNET/@SPRINT.COM Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development From: /S=TUTSUMI/O=ASSOCIATES.TNET/@SPRINT.COM Subject: Preliminary announcement of "Global Lecture Hall (GLH)" on 7/7/'94 To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 1994 CONTACT: TAKESHI UTSUMI Chairman, GLOSAS/USA 718-939-0928 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT "Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (multipoint-to-multipoint multimedia interactive videoconference) for "COMPARE AND EVALUATE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES: LEARNING THROUGH USING" at the occasion of The First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia "DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION" Convention Center, Russian Academy of Science Moscow, Russia July 5-8, 1994 <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@> OUTLINE OF GLH (still under arrangements) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Thursday, July 7, 1994 ~~~~~ Time: 9:00 to 12:00 (Eastern Daylight Time/U.S.A.) ~~~~~ Range: (a) Via satellites: North, Central and South America; Western, ~~~~~~ Central and Eastern Europe; Scandinavia; Baltic; Ukraine, Western Russia, Mediterranean, etc. (Some depend on the satellites we are now confirming.) (b) Via Internet: Around the world with Internet nodes. PART I: GREETINGS (35 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Opening remarks; Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, President of Global University/USA * Greetings; Vice President Al Gore on "Information Superhighway and Environmental Protection" (Video tape) (Invited) * Greetings; President Joseph E. Johnson, The University of Tennessee * Greetings; Chancellor William T. Snyder, The University of Tennessee (Invited) * Greetings; Dr. Glen Hall, Dean of the College of Agriculture, The University of Tennessee (Invited) * Message from Professor David A. Johnson, Chair of Fulbright Association Task Force on East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, The University of Tennessee (from Moscow conference site) * Greetings; Mr. Alexander N. Tihonov, President of The Association for International Education (from Moscow conference site) * Greetings; Dr. Michael G. Moore, Editor of The American Journal of Distance Education (from Moscow conference site) PART II: DEMONSTRATIONS OF DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCINGS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. World Wide Web (WWW) Server (20 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Demonstration of "Friends and Partners" World Wide Web (WWW) server by Mr. Greg Cole, The University of Tennessee, which enables mixed media (text, graphics, image, audio, and video) information exchange via Internet, as integrating information from all of the best Internet-based tools and utili- ties -- Listservers, Gophers, WAIS databases, FTP archives, etc. 2. CU-SeeMe via Internet (20 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A black and white video (10 to 15 frame per second [fps]) and audio by Mr. Richard Cogger of Cornell University, Apple/Moscow and others. 3. MBONE via Internet (20 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Text, graphics, image, white board, audio, and video (5 to 10 fps) -- with scientific visualizations of a global circulation model for ocean currents by Messrs Mike McCann and Donald Paul Brutzman of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and others. 4. ShowMe via Internet (20 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Text, graphics, image, white board, audio, and video (30 fps) by Messrs Ren Moore and Rob Hall of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in California and Moscow. 5. ShareView via ordinary telephone and INMARSAT satellite (30 minutes): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Text, graphics, image, white board, audio, and video (10 to 15 fps) by Mr. Jim Miller of SYNECTICS. 6. "Multimedia of America (MMOA)" (TM) (20 minutes) (tentative): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a one-to-many receive-only ShareView system via inexpensive narrow-band channel of satellite, for those students in rural and remote areas where there is no Internet node. Video of an instructor, handwriting in color on an electronic white board, image/graphic with annotation, dynamic graphic presentation by real-time execution of an application program/simulation model, etc., can be seen in windows on computer screen. Yet these experiences can include high levels of interaction and feedback (via email, fax, etc.) amongst students and instructors. Demonstrators are Dr. Mel Muchnik of Governors State University, Mr. Timothy Cook of Nebraska Educational TV, and Dr. Gerald Knezek of University of North Texas. Objectives: ~~~~~~~~~~~ * To demonstrate "Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (TM) videoconference technol- ogy for the Moscow conference attendees, so that they can compare and evaluate various delivery technologies for their global electronic distance education exchange across Atlantic Ocean, * To hold "get-acquaint face-to-face" meeting via satellite between American and Bulgarian schools, for the University of Tennessee's newly launched distance education program on "Management for Sustainable Natural Resource Development and Environmental Protection," * To demonstrate cooperation of international and domestic, governmental, industrial and academic organizations for a global scale project. Participation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The computer screen will be uplinked for worldwide broadcast. If you have a satellite downlink facility and our satellite foot-prints cover your area, you can receive our satellite signal. You can also participate with your personal computer and/or workstation which are directly connected to TCP/IP oriented Internet without use of satellite nor dish antenna. Other than participation fee (*), all participants have to be responsi- ble for the costs of (1) down/uplinking from/to satellites; (2) telephone call to a videoconference center at the University of Tennessee for Q&A; and (3) sending fax to the center for backstage coordination. (*: Under regulation, fee of participants with INTELSAT satellite will be waved, but they are encouraged to donate to GLOSAS/USA.) Should you be interested in participating in this event, please contact Takeshi Utsumi to obtain registration form. Registrants will then receive instructions for participation. ************************************************************************ * Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D. * * President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA) * * A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA * * (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) * * 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. * * Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) * * SprintMail: TUTSUMI/GU.USA/ASSOCIATES.TNET * * INTERNET: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 * ************************************************************************