This class consists of Web pages, video and audio, and an associated discussion group. It is certainly a "multimedia" class. The purpose is to present to the student a series of instructional lessons on the Java language. It is an experiment in using internet technology and applying it to education and training. The Java subject of the class is fortuitously appropriate and will be in high demand. This first use of Web-based education will effectively showcase IBM technology and obtain critical experience in exploiting and commercializing that technology. Video technology has previously been believed to require high network bandwidth, which has been an inhibitor to its exploitation. Using IBM's Bamba technology, video is delivered at 100kb/s (for intranet delivery) or 28.8kb/sec
(for internet delivery).
This shows dramatically that streaming video can have wide application
today. No hardware decoder is required to view this class.
The hardware requirements on the client machine are moderate.
Consequently, in most business environments, this
technology can be exploited today.
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Class Instructions.
This class is based on a previously prepared and presented Java class which consists of a sequence of view graphs which, by themselves, are not self-explanatory. The instructor's presentation, both audio and video, is presented to the client using IBM Bamba technology.