A Mixed XML-JavaBeans Approach to Developing T-learning Applications for the Multimedia Home Platform

López‐Nores, Martín; Vilas, Ana Fernández; Redondo, Rebeca P. Díaz; Gil‐Solla, Alberto; Pazos‐Arias, José J.; Ramos‐Cabrer, Manuel; García‐Duque, Jorge

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“…This demands great interrelation capabilities between contents and a temporal reference, and suggests a distinction between user-driven and media-driven strategies for interactivity [7]. In user-driven strategies, applications respond to the users' actions; in media-driven ones, the evolution of a piece of media controls the flow of applications, so that users take part in a reduced number of decisions.…”

Section: T-learning Experiences and Promisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The work we presented in [7] addresses the needs of broadcast-based t-learning services, offering mechanisms to efficiently exploit simulated interactivity. The extension to real interactivity and collaborative learning that we propose here demands additional solutions: services are conceived as distributed ones and, as commented in Sect.…”

Section: A Scheme For Distributed T-learning Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scenes were already introduced in [7], but sceneries are a specific need of distributed courses. Besides supporting distribution, they provide for the definition of roles among users.…”

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“…The alternative we presented in [7] solved the coordination of multiple informational sources within a single set-top box; for the new distributed environment, we have extended it to support synchronization among different sceneries. In the remote lecturing example, this permits all the members of the audience to follow the explanations of the lecturer as he browses a slide show, by automatically keeping their screens up-to-date.…”

Section: A Scheme For Distributed T-learning Servicesmentioning

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“…Recently, we presented an approach to developing educational applications, that addressed the specifics of broadcast services [7]. According to pjb Associates [11], such services play a significant role at the initial stage of t-learning in which we are today.…”

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Abstract. T-learning -the provision of educational services over Interactive Digital TV-is regarded as a complement to e-learning solutions, whose scope is limited due to the digital divide. The increasing connectivity, together with the fact that IDTV users are no longer passive spectators, permits to start thinking on highly interactive services that support fluid communication among users and service providers. This may enhance the prospects of learning at home, as long as the current offer is mostly based on broadcast content, with scarce use of return channels for feedback. This paper proposes an extension to the Multimedia Home Platform standard, aimed at providing better support for collaborative learning services. We describe an architecture for such services and a selection of freely available technologies for their implementation. We also discuss the possible market implications of our approach, as the ideas presented here contribute to openness in the field of IDTV services.

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Section: T-learning Experiences and Promisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Scheme For Distributed T-learning Servicesmentioning

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“…Scenes were already introduced in [7], but sceneries are a specific need of distributed courses. Besides supporting distribution, they provide for the definition of roles among users.…”

Section: A Scheme For Distributed T-learning Servicesmentioning

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ATLAS: a framework to provide multiuser and distributed t‐learning services over MHP

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The increasing need of the developed countries to carry out effective distance learning strategies has led to a great development of Internet-based learning technologies (e-learning). Despite its evident advantages, the expansion of e-learning has been limited by the difficulty in reaching important social sectors, and also by the absence of mechanisms to fight the feeling of isolation of the users, which often leads them to abandoning the distance learning activities. This paper tackles these problems by introducing ATLAS, a framework for the development and deployment of multiuser t-learning services (i.e. learning services over Interactive Digital TV). This framework is built around three major features: an architecture for the services that exploits the multimedia capabilities of the television, a communications infrastructure that promotes the establishment of virtual learning communities, and a development tool that allows services to be created with minimum programming knowledge. ATLAS has been designed by considering several features that make Interactive Digital TV quite different from the PC, advising against the direct translation of the models developed for the Internet. In particular, ATLAS adheres to the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) standard, which is gaining worldwide acceptance as one of the technical solutions that will shape the future of Interactive Digital TV.• The applications are not executed on personal computers, but on simpler devices called set-top boxes, which usually have much lower computing power-an average set-top box nowadays has a processor of 80 to 130 MHz and up to 16 MBytes of RAM memory (source:ATLAS: MULTIUSER AND DISTRIBUTED T-LEARNING SERVICES OVER MHP The structure of a courseThe courses developed within ATLAS are structured according to the guidelines of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) [24], a normalization initiative from the e-learning world

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A Mixed XML-JavaBeans Approach to Developing T-learning Applications for the Multimedia Home Platform

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Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning over the Multimedia Home Platform

Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning over the Multimedia Home Platform

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