The solution can leverage content that has been developed for the Internet, as well as other educational material, from text to rich multimedia. More detail on how content can be organized for this solution is provided in several of the EduPort research reports. It can turn the huge interest that young people have on television into an educational force. For this solution, the use of digital broadcast was anticipated for the purpose of global reach, the growth of the Internet taken into consideration, and the Web used as the standard for interacting with content. But, unlike the point to point connectivity model of the Internet, the digital broadcast medium can be used in realtime or in download mode to broadcast, multicast, and pointcast a set of educational material and content.
Broadcasting can fully complement access to the Internet or can be deployed stand-alone.
This makes the infrastructure feasible and physically accessible to students anywhere, even from their homes. A single PC or TV client with access to both DBS and the Internet. A universal solution multiplies the options for all users. This solution can work stand-alone or to complement any other infrastructure. Most importantly, It can be used to achieve equitable distribution of educational resources.