Computer network-based, interactive, multimedia learning system and process
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1. A learning system for providing an interactive, educational lecture, comprising:
- a plurality of computing devices, each of which is in communication with the same distributed computer network, and at least one of which is located at a site where a presenter of the lecture is located and each remote location participating in the lecture;
equipment sets for capturing audio and video (A/V) at the presenter'"'"'s site and remotes sites, and providing it via a computing device resident at the site to the network, wherein one of the A/V equipment sets is resident at the presenter'"'"'s site and wherein other ones of the A/V equipment sets are respectively resident in at least some of the remote sites; and
whereinthe computing device in communication with the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site further comprises a A/V computer program having program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the A/V computer program to,multicast A/V data captured by the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site over the network;
subscribe to A/V data multicast from remote sites via the network, andrender and play the A/V data received over the network from the remote sites; and
whereinone of (i) the computing device in communication with the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site, or (ii) another one of said computing devices also resident at the presenter'"'"'s site, further comprises a slideshow computer program having program modules executable by the computing device for directing the computing device to broadcast presentation slide data associated with the lecture over the network; and
whereinthe computing device resident at each remote location further comprises a computer program having program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the remote location'"'"'s computing device computer program to multicast a still thumbnail image separately from the A/V data to the presenter'"'"'s site and the other remote locations via the network, wherein said thumbnail image is representative of the remote location, and wherein each thumbnail image received at a remote location is displayed separately from said A/V data and presentation slide data.
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Abstract
A system and process for network-based, interactive, multi-media learning is presented. The learning system and process employs high quality, low latency audio/video links over a multicast network (such as Internet2), as well as an interactive slideshow that allows annotations to be added by both the presenter and lecture participants, a question management feature that allows participants to submit questions and receive answers during the lecture or afterwards, and a complete archiving of the data streams and metadata associated with the foregoing features.
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1. A learning system for providing an interactive, educational lecture, comprising:
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a plurality of computing devices, each of which is in communication with the same distributed computer network, and at least one of which is located at a site where a presenter of the lecture is located and each remote location participating in the lecture; equipment sets for capturing audio and video (A/V) at the presenter'"'"'s site and remotes sites, and providing it via a computing device resident at the site to the network, wherein one of the A/V equipment sets is resident at the presenter'"'"'s site and wherein other ones of the A/V equipment sets are respectively resident in at least some of the remote sites; and
whereinthe computing device in communication with the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site further comprises a A/V computer program having program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the A/V computer program to, multicast A/V data captured by the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site over the network; subscribe to A/V data multicast from remote sites via the network, and render and play the A/V data received over the network from the remote sites; and
whereinone of (i) the computing device in communication with the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site, or (ii) another one of said computing devices also resident at the presenter'"'"'s site, further comprises a slideshow computer program having program modules executable by the computing device for directing the computing device to broadcast presentation slide data associated with the lecture over the network; and
whereinthe computing device resident at each remote location further comprises a computer program having program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the remote location'"'"'s computing device computer program to multicast a still thumbnail image separately from the A/V data to the presenter'"'"'s site and the other remote locations via the network, wherein said thumbnail image is representative of the remote location, and wherein each thumbnail image received at a remote location is displayed separately from said A/V data and presentation slide data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A process for providing an interactive, educational lecture, comprising:
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multicasting A/V data captured by an A/V equipment set resident at a site where the presenter of the lecture is located using a computing device that is in communication with the presenter'"'"'s site A/V equipment set and which is one of a plurality of computing devices, each of which is in communication with the same distributed computer network, and at least one of which is located at the presenter'"'"'s site and wherein the A/V data is multicast over the network to remote sites where one or more people have gathered to participate in the lecture; multicasting A/V data captured by an A/V equipment set resident at a remote site using a computing device that is in communication with the remote site'"'"'s A/V equipment set and which is one of the plurality of computing devices, each of which is in communication with the same distributed computer network, and wherein the A/V data is multicast over the network to the presenter'"'"'s site and other ones of the remote sites; broadcasting presentation slide data associated with the lecture over the network to said remote sites using one of (i) the computing device in communication with the A/V equipment set resident at the presenter'"'"'s site, or (ii) another one of said computing devices also resident at the presenter'"'"'s site; and multicasting a still thumbnail image separately from the A/V data from each of the remote sites using the remote site'"'"'s computing device to the presenter'"'"'s site and the other ones of the remote sites via the network, wherein said thumbnail image is representative of the remote location, and wherein each thumbnail image is separate from said A/V data and presentation slide data.
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11. A process for participating in an interactive, educational lecture from a site remote from the site where the lecture is being presented or at the site where the lecture is being given, comprising:
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multicasting A/V data captured by an A/V equipment set resident at the participating site using a computing device that is in communication with the A/V equipment set and which is one of a plurality of computing devices, each of which is in communication with the same distributed computer network, and one of which is located at the participating site, and wherein the A/V data is multicast over the network to the site where the lecture is being presented and other remote sites where one or more people have gathered to participate in the lecture; receiving A/V data multicast over the network from the site where the lecture is being presented and the other remote sites where one or more people have gathered to participate in the lecture using the computing device; receiving broadcasted presentation slide data associated with the lecture over the network using the computing device; receiving a still thumbnail image separate from the A/V data from each of the remote site via the network using the computing device, said thumbnail image being representative of that remote site; rendering the A/V data received from the lecture site and each remote site and playing the rendered A/V in an A/V sector of a presence window displayed on one or more displays located at the participating site which are viewable by an audience at that site; displaying thumbnail images received from said remote sites in a thumbnail sector of the presence window which is separate from the A/V sector; and rendering the presentation slide data received over the network and displaying presentation slides associated therewith in a workspace window displayed on one or more displays located at the participating site which are viewable by the audience at that site, wherein said workspace window is separate from the thumbnail and A/V sectors of the presence window.
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