EAGER: US Ignite: High School STEM Education Utilizing Gigabit HD Multipoint Connected Collaboration

该项目将展示和评估低延迟，高质量视频和音频在教育环境中的价值。 由于延迟和设置设备的困难，传统的电话会议在学校中并没有很好地工作。 该项目将开发一种系统，替代SDN技术，网络带宽和视频和音频的终端主机操作，作为多点控制单元（MCU）的替代品，用于将多个用户连接到协作系统中。 结合对音频和视频数据的最小编码，这些功能允许非常低的延迟和更自然的交互风格。 该技术将在教育环境中使用和评估。 该项目计划包括课程和评估计划，以评估低延迟、高质量、易于使用的技术的实用性。该项目将有助于我们理解高级网络在支持高质量、低延迟媒体方面的价值，从而将学生与熟练的教师和其他学生联系起来。 它将测试的假设，连接协作提供了一个环境，学生可以启动与他们的同龄人，教师和主题专家的协作会话，使他们能够从事具有挑战性的，真实的，真实的世界，并及时解决问题。 学生的“连接学习”是通过多点技术促进的无数交互配置来实现的，允许同一教室、不同教室甚至不同学校的学生和教师相互交流，并与外部专家合作。

This project will demonstrate and assesses the value of low-latency, high-quality video and audio in an educational setting. Traditional teleconferencing has not worked well in schools due to the unnatural communication style forced by latency and difficulty in setting up the equipment. The project will develop a system that substitutes SDN technology, network bandwidth, and end-host manipulation of video and audio, as a replacement for a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) for bridging multiple users into a collaborative system. Combined with minimal encoding of the audio and video data these features allow for very low latency and a much more natural interaction style. The technology will be used and assessed in educational environments. The project plans include the lesson and evaluation plans that will enable the assessment of the utility of low-latency, high-quality, easy-to-use technology.This project will contribute to our understanding of the value of advanced networking in support of high-quality, low-latency media to connect students to skilled teachers and to other students. It will test the hypothesis that connected collaboration provides an environment in which students can initiate collaboration sessions with their peers, teachers and subject matter experts enabling them to engage in challenging, authentic, real world, and just in time problem solving. The student's "Connected Learning" is achieved through the myriad of interaction configurations that the multi-point technology facilitates, allowing students and teachers in the same classroom, in different classrooms or even different schools to interact with each other and collaborate with outside experts.