OVERCOMING TECHNICAL FRUSTATIONS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION TELE-(8)

Modern information technologies are transforming the way people learn. E-learning provides new possibilities for personalized learning at home or in the workplace, reduces the need for costly classroom training, and enables an optimal balance between tradi

4. CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER WORKWith tele-TASK it is possible to provide high quality teleteaching without a large technical and financial expenditure. The use of standard pre-installed players makes an access of contents independent of time and place easy. The past users emphasized the simple applicability of the system. Especially the high-quality and the smooth transmission of the Desktops speak for an expansion of the employment on the range of further training (e.g. training courses for Linux, Word, or other programs). Two big advantages make tele-TASK very useful for further education. Online courses can run separately from and simultaneously to traditional forms of courses. The number of potential attendees increases dramatically. Further, after a course CDs with the recording can be given to the participants. Currently we are developing automatic content extraction for tele lectures. With the help of XML and RDF we are building semantic networks of words and topics. Once having such semantic networks, new possibilities for learning, searching and accessing of information are given.REFERENCES[1] tele-TASK Home [2] Urry, J. (2002): Globalizing the Academy. In: Robins, K.; Webster, F. (ed.): The Virtual University? Oxford. [3] Keane, J (1991): The Media and Democracy. Cambridge. [4] Hohenstein, A.; Tenbusch, B. (2001): E-Learning-Strategie entwickeln. In: Hohenstein, A.; Wilbers, K. (Hrsg.): Handbuch E-Learning. Köln. [5] Wilbers, K. (2001): E-Learning didaktisch gestalten. In: Hohenstein, A.; Wilbers, K. (Hrsg.): Handbuch E-Learning. Köln. [6] Wessner, M.: Warum ist E-Learning erfolgreich? In: Die Zeit. 3.02.2003 [7] Click2Learn Toolkbook / [8] Macromedia Flash / [9] Ziewer, P. & Seidl, H. (2002). Transparent Teleteaching. University of Trier. [10] Ottmann, Th. & Müller, R. (2000). The "Authoring on the Fly"-System for Automated Recording and Replay of (Tele)presentations. ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, Special Issue on "Multimedia Authoring and Presentation Techniques", Vol. 8, No. 3. [11] Realnetworks PresenterOne /products/presenterone/index.html [12] Microsoft NetShow [13] VNC - Virtual Network Computing /vnc [14] tightVNC [15] Microsoft DirectX Developer Support [16] SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia /AudioVideo/ [17] Low Bandwidth Sample http://www.tele-task.de/lowbandwidth.html