1. MS I MSI Applications E. Houstis (CS) A. Elmagarmid (CS) A. Nour (VET) L. Tsoukalas (NE) M. Ishii (NE)

2. MS I 2 Overview n Purdue-On-Line: CS activities n Purdue-On-Line: Vet activities n PUMA: Purdue University Multi- Dimensional Integral Test Assembly

3. MS I Purdue-On-Line: A Facility for On-Line Instruction and Course Delivery E. Houstis (CS), A. Elmagarmid (CS), A. Nour (VET), N. Dhanjani (CS), L. Tsoukalas (NE)

4. MS I 4 What is Purdue-On-Line (POL) today? n Research project trying to address the following issues: Design and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on stationary and mobile platformsDesign and prototype an environment for on-line instruction on stationary and mobile platforms Research teaching methodologies for on-line instructionResearch teaching methodologies for on-line instruction Experiment with a set of traditional coursesExperiment with a set of traditional courses Evaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line coursesEvaluate courseware delivery models/software and on-line courses Evaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing, and communication technologiesEvaluate video servers (hardware/software), videoconferencing, and communication technologies Assess the overall cost and impact of on-line educationAssess the overall cost and impact of on-line education Educate facultyEducate faculty

5. MS I 5 Who supports this effort? n Primarily Intel Corporation and Purdue University n AT&T and IBM provided equipment support n International collaboration (Univ. of Crete, Greece)

7. Switched Ethernet Hub (3Com) Video Clients (with and without hardware decoders) Digital Video Studio (Optibase Mpeg Card) Video sources: Tape, Camera, Satellite,... Video Server (CISCO Video Server) Disk Bank CD-ROM Burner

8. MS I 8 Purdue-On-line Course Multimedia Client/Server Systems n Course Management Tools Learning Space (http://medusa)Learning Space (http://medusa)http://medusa WebCT (http://webct.cs.purdue.edu)WebCT (http://webct.cs.purdue.edu)http://webct.cs.purdue.edu LearningLink (xyz) (considered)LearningLink (xyz) (considered) n Videoconferencing CuSeeMe (videoconfering)CuSeeMe (videoconfering) n Multimedia documents VxtremeVxtreme n Videoservers CISCOCISCO LucentLucent OracleOracle

9. MS I 9 Hardware Facility n Optibase movie maker mpeg encoder card n VCR/TV/Sony digital camera n PC based Servers (Medusa: Quad PC, 60Gbytes disk, 512 Mbytes RAM)

10. MS I 10 Mobile Virtual Laboratories and PSEs for Instruction and Research n SoftLab (virtual lab framework) n WebPELLPACK (Problem Solving Environment)

16. MS I 16 Programming in C/C++ n Freshman and Continuing Education Students n High School Background n Offered two times

18. MS I 18 CS190E Tour n http://medusa http://medusa

19. MS I 19 CS541: Data Bases n Videolecture delivered by CISCO videoserver

20. MS I 20 Veterinary School n On-line courses On-line courses On-line courses n Multimedia material Multimedia material Multimedia material

21. MS I 21 Chemistry Course n Lecture 4 (“The World of Matter”) (Delivered by CISCO videoserver)

22. MS I 22 Conclusions n On-line distance learning technology requirements Easy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing multimedia documentsEasy of use technologies for developing, accessing, and storing multimedia 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 n POL will benefit from MSI infrastructure and research n POL environment, courses, material can be served as benchmark to MSI research