Forum .LRN Q&A: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN

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1: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN
Posted by Rosario Sica on 08/30/05 06:57 PM
Is anybody aware of an existing OS virtual classroom solution integrated / integrable within .LRN?

Many thanks in advance
Rosario Sica

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2: Re: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN (response to 1)
Posted by Rafael Calvo on 08/31/05 09:40 AM
Rosario
Could you explain better whaat you mean by virtual classroom?

Our Beehive project does a lot of synchronous collaboration things, althought it requires Flash communication server

cheers

rafael

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3: Virtual classroom specs (response to 1)
Posted by Rosario Sica on 08/31/05 10:48 AM
we are requested to fill the following requirements for a virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN.
Here below please find the req's list

A1. Name of the platform

A2. Name of the supplier/organization

A3. When , which year has it been designed? By whom? Open Source Software?

A4. Any certification? If yes , please describe them

A5. Has it been designed by an academic institution? ( which one)?

A6. Description of major functionalities available (audio/videoconference, multimedia content sharing, application sharing, web safari, ..)

A7. Other interactive tools available

A8. Event registration

A9. Multilingual interface

A10. Automatic notifications

A11. Massive import of users lists

A12. On-line help / guide/ manual

A13. HW and SW requirements

A14. Communication media : satellite ? isdn, adsl, …?

A15. Systems and applications Integration (LMS, HR, …) already done? If yes, describe how

A16. Audio/video compression parameters

A17. Multicast technology

A18. Scalability, redundancy of the solution

A19. Performance parameters (i.e. number of concurrent users supported, response time, …)

tks, rs

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4: Re: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN (response to 1)
Posted by Michele Slocovich on 08/31/05 04:47 PM
beehive project seems interesting.

rafael, is it for any chance close to a public release ?
is it going to be GPL ?

i can't find any mention about these facts on project site

http://www.weg.ee.usyd.edu.au/projects/beehive/

also, do you know how you/your department got to choose this macromedia breeze ? what is the distinguishing feature among all the "synchronous" packages on the market ?

also, can anyone confirm there is no open source viable candidate for synchronous learning/events ? (apart say using a pletora of different tools and integrating them one by one) I've seen recentely talks on jabber integration. Perhaps would jabber manage desktop sharing and video ?

Cheers

Michele

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5: Re: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN (response to 1)
Posted by Rafael Calvo on 09/02/05 12:07 AM
Michele

We do not use Breeze (worth $35k), only Flash Comm Server (worth $500)

The code will be made GPL. We still need to get some signatures across the project partners.

A public release will be available later in the year.
Those who agree in collabroating in an educational research project might get it earlier. The project will require doing a questioanre to people using it and sending us the results

cheers

Rafael

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6: Re: Res: Virtual classroom solution integrated with .LRN (response to 1)
Posted by Dario Roig on 11/30/06 06:43 PM
Hi!

In the University of Valencia are interesting in Collaborative Tools and Video conference for integrating in .LRN. Has anybody experience with this tools?

Thanks