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CANARIE - Toronto, October 4, 2000. SavoirNet A Knowledge Delivery Network integrating Television & Internet. Dr Gilbert Paquette President Canal Savoir Director LICEF-CIRTA Research Centre Télé-université. Who are we ?. The first education channel in Canada
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CANARIE - Toronto, October 4, 2000 SavoirNet A Knowledge Delivery Network integrating Television & Internet Dr Gilbert Paquette President Canal Savoir Director LICEF-CIRTA Research Centre Télé-université
Who are we ? • The first education channel in Canada • Delivers distance education since 1984 • Operates a CRTC licence • Broadcasts in french (80%) and english (20%) • By cable and satellite throughout North America • A consortium of universities, colleges and broadcasting companies • A research consortium led by LICEF/CIRTA
Canal Savoir Strategic Plan • Facilitate and stimulate the use of innovative telelearning technologies • Diversify its delivery services through broadband Internet linked with television • Increase and renew its television educational programming as a showcase • Finance attractive and high quality content and learning materials
MM Production Funds Financing Production SMI Universities Colleges Co-entreprises CANAL Consortium SAVOIRNET CANAL SAVOIR Delivery Broadcasting Companies Access Academia B 2 B Home Market Clients A Global Strategy
Goals of the project • Install a broadband network and an open portal for multimedia telelearning • Validate and showcase a solution to the design, delivery and management of audiovisual intensive telelearning applications
SavoirNet in short • A 3M$ 18 months R&D project • A specialized delivery LAN linked through RISQ with Canal Savoir members and distributors • Supported by the main broadband providers: Bell, Videotron, Star Choice, Look • An advanced portal based on LICEF’s Explor@ delivery system • A showcase for immersive telelearning systems integrating digital TV and broadband PC connexions
Project Structure Content Production (2 applications in this project) Artistic Perception Virtual Confernece Savoir Multimédia Inc., Université de Montréal, CCFD , Télé-université. T E S T S & S H O W C A SE Virtual Labs Fundamental Science T E C H S T U D I E S Training Technologies Virtual Fair Learning Objects - Storage SAVOIR.NET Portal User interface Cogigraph Technologies Virtual Delivery Center Design Support Tools Publishing Transactions SavoirNet LAN RISQ , Bell, Vidéotron, Star Choice, Look LICEF and Canal Savoir Broadband Connexions Infrastructure
Educational Institutions BELL Users SavoirNet LAN MM Servers VIDÉOTRON LOOK STAR CHOICE Television (Canal Savoir) Operations Storage 1- The infrastructure Broadband Internet (RISQ)
Plurimedia Open Delivery Hybrid Delivery: TV + Web PCTV LOW BAND INTERNET Canal Savoir Video TV+PC + LOW BAND INTERNET Digital or Analogical Video transmission + Digital data and communication through the Internet Storage Servers SAVOIR.NET Storage
Plurimedia Open Delivery Integrate Broadband Delivery PC BROADBAND INTERNET DIGITAL TV BROADBAND INTERNET Digital video, data and communication through broadband Internet Storage Servers SAVOIR.NET Storage
Main components • Real Time Delivery • Asynchronous Delivery • Production Broacasting • Local Storage Network • Caches on Provider’s Servers
2- The Education Portal Clients Portal EXPLOR@ Server (Html \ Java) Publishing Module Learners Tools Trainers Tools Interface to courses and Explor@ MM Doc Base Managers Tools COURSES LEARNING OBJECTS USERS & HUMAN RES. Transactions Modules Designers Tools Clients
The Explor@ System http://www.licef.teluq.uquebec.ca/exploraDemo
2 1 Accessing a course
Virtual Learning Centre Organization’s User’s Bank Organization’s Resource Bank Actor’s environments Web Site Web Site Web Site Reusable Learning Objects An Open Architecture
User transactions EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PORTAL Users Resource Reference Data Exchange User Information Savoir Net Portal Resource Bank BROADBAND PROVIDER Web site +Environments Cache User learning operations A Multi-Institution Portal
3- Generic Environments • Reusable Telelearning Shells • Immersive 3D Metaphor into which Actors Navigate: Conference, Exposition, Lab, Debate, Museum,……. • Actor Navigate in a Scenario with Resources Related to his/her Role • Task-based Scenarios: Knowledge Management, Information Processing, Collaboration and Assistance • Decreasing Efforts and Costs
Immersive Environments (a 2D example)
A Virtual Expo Conferences Demonstrations Workshops Case studies Counseling
Convergence • A Collective University-Industry Effort • A Value Added Portal • A Catalyst Towards Affordable Broadband Service • A Response to Growing Educational Needs in the Knowledge Society • Beyond Web-page Turners and Information Transmission • Towards Innovative Telelearning Models and Technologies
CANARIE - Toronto, October 4, 2000 SavoirNet A Knowledge Delivery Network integrating Television & Internet Dr Gilbert Paquette President Canal Savoir Director LICEF-CIRTA Research Centre Télé-université