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[school-discuss] Re: [IIEP] Session 2 - OSS Solutions for E-learning

Tony Bailetti wrote:


Robert, thank you for this message.  Which institution is using CVW
to deliver learning?  I heard about the CVW prototype about 18 months
ago. At that time the level of activity around CVW was very low and
shortly afterwards I lost track of it.

I dont know of one organization that uses open source software to
deliver real time, web conference services like those that Centra and
Breeze do. Do you know which organization has deployed CVW?

Tony

There was apparently a group at Acadia University in Canada that was
playing with it. I've sent an inquiry. The level of activity for the
project remains low though, looking at the forums, there is some
interest in updating it.

I think many of us would be interested in knowing of any groups actually
using FOSS for web conferencing and similar services.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Robert G. Rittenhouse"
<rob@CS1.MCM.EDU> To: <ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG> Sent:
Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [IIEP] Session 2 - OSS
Solutions for E-learning




Tony Bailetti wrote:



*Observation 2* Open source software that delivers web
conferencing (real time services) like those delivered by
proprietary systems such as Centra Interwise and Macromedia
Breeze do not exist. Real time services allow students to use
VoIP, whiteboards, and shared desktops to create richly
interactive sessions such as real-time Web meetings, online
sessions, and workshops.

You might want to look at the Collaborative Virtual Workspace
<http://cvw.sourceforge.net/>

From the writeup

(<http://cvw.sourceforge.net/cvw/info/CVWOverview.php3> )


The Collaborative Virtual Workspace (CVW) is a prototype
collaborative computing environment, designed to support temporally
and geographically dispersed work teams. From a user's point of
view, CVW provides a persistent virtual space within which
applications, documents and people are directly accessible in
rooms, floors and buildings. From a technical point of view, it is
a framework for integrating diverse collaborative capabilities.

To a user, a CVW is a building that is divided into floors and
rooms, where each room provides a context for communication and
document sharing. CVW allows people to gather in rooms to talk
through chat or audio/video conferencing and to share text and URLs
with one another with their chat.


-- Dr. Robert G. Rittenhouse, Chair Department of Computer Science
McMurry University, Abilene, TX 79697-0968



--
Dr. Robert G. Rittenhouse, Chair
Department of Computer Science
McMurry University, Abilene, TX 79697-0968