CanalAVIST: a venue for tele-lecture collaboration on TEIN2

Kanchana KanchanasutAsian Institute of TechnologyAndASEAN Virtual Institute of Science and Technology

canalAVISTA joint project between AVIST and ASTRENA under ASEAN Committee for S&T Providing channels for seamless education, teaching, training, conferencing, lectures, talks throughout ASEAN countries

canalAVIST plans to offerLife Long e-learning: AVIST + other content distributorsChannels of EventsCummulative Reprository of Recorded Learning Materials

Underlying technology: IP Multicast + VDO streaming TEIN2High-speedm6bone30 mbps15 mbps

Experiments [1]:Real-time medical lectures from University Pierre Marie Curie (Paris) to University of Medical Science (Cambodia) 2006-7, DVTS over RENATER, GRANT2, TEIN2, APAN and AI3.Royal Angkor Road Lecture from Burirum to School of Africa and Oriental Studies, Uni of London, May 18, 2007 www.interlab.ait.ac.th/burirum

Towards canalAVIST: Telelecture from Baad Krud, Burirum to SOASMay 18, 2007Living Royal Angkor Road Project led by Dr. Surat Lertum

Initial Plan:3 countriesOLSR GatewayMobile Vclass OLSR NodeMobile Vclass OLSR NodeSOAS, UKSite 2, CambodiaSite 1, Burirum, ThailandAdditional OLSR Relay Node(s)Additional OLSR Relay Node(s)

Actual Tele-lecture on May 18, 2007OLSR GatewayMobile Vclass OLSR NodesSOAS, UKSite 1, Burirum, THNOTE: Due to the change of plans by Dr.Surat Lertlum, lecturing from Site 2 has been cancelled. Instead, two instructor laptops have been used from the only site, Site1. Nevertheless, both instructor laptops were still utilized for lecturing during demonstration.

Additional OLSR Relay Node

Network Diagram : a Detailed ViewOLSR GatewayMobile Vclass OLSR Nodes

SOAS, UKClassroomMultiple InstructorsSite 1, Burirum, TH

TEIN2Vclass E-learning PlatformIPStar OfficeBKK, THUniNet OfficeBKK, THBurirum Live Lecture Downstream WebcastBangkok IX

Preparation at Burrirum side

Lecturing from the site

Actual Demo : SOAS

Actual Demo : SOAS (1)

Actual Demo : SOAS (2)

Actual Demo : SOAS (3)

Actual Demo : SOAS (4)

Actual Demo : SOAS (5)

Future PlanVirtual archeological excavationMultiple experts at different sites join an excavation team remotelyExcavation being observed by students in classrooms

Mobile VClass FeaturesAudio/Video ConferencingClass PresenceInstant MessagingPresentation SlidesWhiteboardShared Folder

Mobile VclassH.263 (~100Kbps)DVTS (~30Mbps)

ANGKOR -- DVTS with DVRelayInternetHigh-speedm6bone30 mbps15 mbps

ANGKOR in VClassSend high-definition media from instructor Receive low-definition media back from studentsDVRelayInstructor(s)StudentsDV RecvDV RecvDV Send

canalAVIST

Events on TEIN2SIGCOMM 2007 Kyoto broadcast by WIDE/SOIIPv6 Multicast to TEIN2 members, 27-31 Aug, 2007http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/project/sigcomm2007/Multi-sites conference: InCoB2007 at HKUST, HK Science Park and Vietnam National University. 27-31 Aug, 2007http://incob.apbionet.org/incob/hanoi.shtmlMozilla 24 IPv6 MulticastFrance, Japan and Thailand on 15 September, 2007http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2007-08-10.html

CanalAVIST -- a sustainable model for TEIN3

Towards Next Generation Global educationOpensource CoursewareOn-demand repository of educational/research VDOs, for example, Research ChannelGlobal classrooms

Roles of CanalAVISTTele-lecture event scheduling and resource management (multiclass addresses for lectures)Facilitate members tele-lecture activitiesDevelop and maintain stable E-education platform for membersCo-ordinate with network NOC teams IP multicast on TEIN2 to ensure stable operationPromote the use of tele-lectures in the community

Welcome lecture/event contributors!

Thank you

This page shows the demonstration of Mobile Classroom conducted at Burirum, the north-eastern part ofThailand. Lecture was given directly from the archaeological site at which an ancient furnace was discovered. Furnace was used to produce ceramical and iron products around 1,000 years ago. Lecture was sent from the archaeological site over the satellite directly to SOAS, UK. Satellite dish, connection and full satellite networksetup was kindly donated by the Telephone Authority of Thailand for educational purposes.Mobile Classroom (MC) is a real-time e-learning application used in VClass platform.It uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as its main underlying protocol. MC is integrated into an existing VClass e-learning platform and uses its Learning Management System (LMS) in order to operate with full potential. Mobile Classroom can be used to setup various learning environments ranging from a static remote lecture to a completely mobile environment where class participants are located inside ad-hoc networks. Features of this application include :Class presenceAudio/Video conferencingInstant messagingInstant message loggingPresentation slides with remote pointerMulticast whiteboardWebcast viewingShared folderOnline error/bug reportingScreenshots of Mobile Classroom during its testing period are available here.