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e-Learning : The Time is Now

Samuel LoAcademic & Research Industry

Sun Microsystems Greater China

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What will I cover

• Trends In e-Learning

• What is Driving eLearning Trend?

• Technology Advances Enabling New Ways of Delivering Education

• Distance Learning Challenges

• Facing the Challenges

• e-Learning : Powered by Sun

• Scott McNealy’s vision for Education

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Global Nature of the Internet

1997 1998 1999

1.23M

2.04M

3.65M

Worldwide Web Growth (Millions of Unique Sites)

The Internet is Expanding Rapidly

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Consider this …..

• 67,000 new Internet users per day• 350 Million Internet users by 2002• Half Billion mobile phone users by 2002• 35% of workers will be mobile by 2002• 10,000 Web sites per week• 3.5 Billion emails in 1998• 1 Trillion plus emails by 2003• Worldwide mobile revenues exceed

land line by 2004

Webtone > DialtoneWebtone > Dialtone

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WW Distance Learning Trend

“By 2002, over 80 percent of colleges will be offering distance learning courses,up from 58 percent in 1998”

“Online Distance Learning in Higher Education 1998-2002”Gartner Group

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What is Driving Distance Learning Trend ?

• Increasing Competition• Demand for Lifelong Learning• Decreasing Funds for “Brick and

Mortar”• Demand to be More Learner-

Centered• Globalization

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Technology Advances Enabling New Ways of Delivering Education

Audio ConferencingVideo Conferencing

SatelliteChat Rooms

Web-based TrainingVideo Tape/Audio Tape

CD-ROMInternet/Intranet VOD

Email

Classroom

KioskLearning Center

LibraryLab

DifferentPlace

Same Place

SameTime

DifferentTime

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Universal Access & Communication

ServicesServicesServicesServices

datacenter.comdatacenter.comdatacenter.comdatacenter.com

webtop.comwebtop.comwebtop.comwebtop.com

DL PortalDL PortalDL PortalDL Portal

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Distance Learning Challenges

• Reducing per-student costs• Making educational opportunities more affordable for

students• Increasing institution enrollments• Increasing student access by reducing time constraints for

course taking• Increasing student access by making courses available at

convenient locations• Increasing institution's access to new audiences• Improving the quality of course offerings• Meeting the needs of local employers

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Facing the Challenges

Distance Learning Challenge

Suggested Solutions

High-quality content development

Java TechnologyPartnerships with third-party ISVs

Reliable high-volume delivery of course materials

Sun WebServerNetra Internet serversHigh Availability servers

Protection of administrative data and intellectual property

Solstice Security ManagerSunScreen productsSolstice FirewallHigh Availability servers

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Facing the Challenges – cont.Distance Learning Challenge

Suggested Solutions

Network administration and network uptime

Solstice Site Manager, Domain Manager, Enterprise Manager, CC Manager & Backup

Scalable, highly reliable infrastructure

Scalable serversSun Site ManagerSun Domain Manager

Need for interactivity SunForumElectronic commerce Java CommerceDelivery of library support services

Java TechnologySun WebServerPartnerships with third-party library s/w vendors

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e-Learning : Powered By SunA Virtual Visit from IT Support• DesktopStreaming (DTS), a

distance learning tool introduced recently by Expercity, allows a support representative, IT guru, or computer science professor to see and control a customer, employee, field agent, or student’s desktop remotely, over the Internet

Visit http://www.expertcity.com

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e-Learning : Powered By Sun – cont.

Attending Class at the Student’s Convenience“Classroom Instruction on Demand” (CIoD)

Program, from the University of the America (UDLA), Puebla – To provide students with a user-friendly environment while avoiding the costs and troubles of traditional PCs (e.g. viruses, loss of local data, costly software upgrades and support)

Visit http://www.callisto.ca

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Attending Class at the Student’s Convenience

The Columbia Business School in New York City is one of several institutions using Prometheus, an Internet-based online course software product, to deliver online course management and related functions for its students, faculty and staff

Visit http://www.gsb.columbia.edu and http://www.prometheus.com

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e-Learning : Powered By Sun – cont.Broadband learning, simplified

The award-winning Kasenna MediaBase allows users to consolidate the various streaming filetypes (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, QuickTime 4, MP3, and Real) under one web-based interface and one server, to schedule webcasts and live multicasts and to request video-on-demand, all at bit rates from 8 kbps to over 8Mbps.

Visit http://kasenna.com

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For More Information

Sun: http:// www.sun.com/edu IMS: http://www.imsproject.org JLEARN: http://jlearn.mit.edu JMF: http://java.sun.com/jdc KMI: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/stadium

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Scott McNealy’s vision for Education• Put everything on the Net• Invest in Bandwidth. • Invest in digital curriculum.• Build everything to open standards.• Outsource anything that isn’t core to what

you do.• Take advantage of free software.• Create portals for your communities• Teach Java.• Move to a utility model of computing• We’re in the post-PC era – Deal with it

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Samuel LoSamuel.lo@asia.sun.com