Internetworking
Subtitle: Distance Learning "To Sea" via desktop videoconferencing tools and IP multicast protocols
By: Mark V. Glover
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Description: While deployed at sea, sailors are traditionally provided much of their education at sea through correspondence      and pace courses. But with recent developments in the Internet and videoconferencing, it is now feasible to      deliver real time educational material anywhere, even to a ship at sea. This thesis investigates the current status of      networked desktop videoconferencing technology, and its use in support of Joint Vision 2010, with respect to      Distance Learning. It provides an analysis of videoconferencing protocols, standards, and applications, as well      as a videoconferencing pilot project. The objective of the analysis is to determine the viability and economical      benefits of using videoconferencing technology and collaboration tools, from the desktop, as a means for      simultaneously delivering synchronous and asynchronous distance learm%g material from an academic location      to multiple students at remote locations. The results show that desktop videoconferencing technology, via IP      based networks in the Defense Information Infrastructure, is a viable tool that can add numerous economical      benefits, such as a decreased spending for travel and eliminating the need to rely on large, room-based systems.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Rex Buddenberg, Don Brutzman.

"March 1998."

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

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