SMA Distance Education Luncheon

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SMA Distance Education Luncheon

• April 14, 2004

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Agenda

• Welcome and introductions
• SMA Distance Education update
• Videoconferencing from Home Program
• Discussion

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SMA DE Update

• New SMA website
• Faculty Liaisons are now part of the SMA Team
• Faculty satisfaction survey

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Videoconferencing from Home Program

• Enables SMA faculty to conduct high-quality
  videoconferences with NUS and NTU from home
• What is required to join
• Broadband Internet access from home, i.e. Comcast
• A PC with Win XP or Win 2000
• A PC-based personal videoconferencing unit such
  as ViaVideo or ViGO
• SMAs loaner program
• A small number of ViGOs available for a 2-3 week
  trial
• Technical support
• Installation documentation on the SMA website
• Videoconferencing units to be self-installed
• First line of support from SMAs FLs, Molly and
  Peter
• Second line of support from AMPS

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Document Sharing

• Use of NetMeeting documented in the instructions
• Proven, familiar capability to share and annotate
  documents
• Whiteboarding functionality built-in with an
  electronic pen or with recommended writing tools
• Demonstration

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VPN Implementation at MIT
Commodity Links High Latency (delay) Packet Loss
(freezing)
Internet2 Links Low Latency Minimal Packet Loss
Local Links Minimal Latency Minimal Packet Loss
NUS or NTU
Home
MIT
Internet 2
SingAREN
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VPN Implementation in Singapore
Commodity Links High Latency (delay) Packet Loss
(freezing)
Internet2 Links Low Latency Minimal Packet Loss
Local Links Minimal Latency Minimal Packet Loss
Home
Home
NUS or NTU
MIT
Internet 2
SingAREN
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Factors Impacting Performance
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Questions to the Faculty

• Your interest in the Program
• Your interest in the stand-alone
  videoconferencing appliance (3,000)
• Document sharing requirements
• Reviewing a document
• Annotating
• Using the whiteboard function with additional pen
  input devices
• Using the document camera (ViGO)