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Foil 34 Education in a Box -- Initial Steps to Understand Web Based Education

From Remarks on Parallel Computing and HPCC Education Ohio Supercomputer Center Workshop -- January 24 1997. by Geoffrey C. Fox *

1 Certificate in Computational Science offered at Harbin Institute of Technology (North China) Spring 1996 -- started March 1,1996 -- is a prototype of Syracuse University extension school
2 Although Internet Connections to China is pretty dreadful, we still use Web Technology but package Electronic Course material on a Pentium PC at Harbin running WindowsNT and Java
  • Can use Oracle and Digital Video Server Support as well
  • Can use RealAudio digital audio (I record my lectures as I give them)
3 This is updated in batch mode by Syracuse -- China Connection
4 Students in China Interact with mentors in China and with NPAC via Internet (web and email)
5 Project got good reviews from students and press!
6 Project designed by Fox,Leskiw(NPAC), Xiaoming Li(Harbin and Peking visiting NPAC)

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