Brian Watson, Office of Information Technology

Don Hamilton, Office of Information Technology

Ed Brown, Plant Pathology

Internet Imaging SystemCollaborating With Digital Images

EDUCAUSE SERC 2001

Presentation Points Distance Diagnostics through

Digital Imaging Land Grant (LG) Media Collaborative/Educational

Experiences The Future

Distance Diagnostics through Digital Imaging (DDDI)

Facilitating Collaborative Problem Solving Among Geographically Dispersed Faculty

Agricultural Diagnostic Imaging Stations Imaging Stations: computer,

digital camera, microscope fitted with a video camera, dissecting scope, color printer, and Internet access.

Agricultural Diagnostic Imaging Stations Stations have been

distributed to 97 sites throughout Georgia.

Approximately 250 UGA faculty have been educated to use the Distance Diagnostics system.

Distance Diagnostics Success Reduction in Diagnosis Time Inter-Disciplinary Integration $17.7 Million Economic Impact Cost Benefit Adds Value to Faculty Multi-State Projects

Land Grant Media (LGMedia)

Collaborative Web-based Digital Media Archive

Collaboration/Education Experiences and Opportunities

Building Web-based Environments that Allow Faculty to Work Together and Share Resources Toward a Common Goal

Collaborative Partners States Disciplines/Departments Specialists County Agents County Agents and Specialists County Agents and Clients Specialists and the Public

Intrastate Collaboration Georgia’s Participating

Departments/Disciplines: Aquaculture Biological & Agricultural Engineering Crop & Soil Science Entomology Forestry Horticulture Plant Pathology Veterinary Medicine

Interstate Collaboration Georgia collaborates with:

Auburn University University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign Louisiana State University Texas A & M University

Methodology Contract Cost/Benefit

Cheaper for Client Experiential Advantage

Common Development Environment with Shared Enhancements

In Facilitating Collaborative Environments, We Strive to Provide

Customer Service Scalability Extensibility/Shared Innovation Ownership/Identity Manageability

The Future Wireless DDDI Plant Diagnostic Clinic Information

System DDDI Lite

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