Re: [SLUG] Linux courses

From: John (john@jmp-systems.com)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 20:51:06 EST


On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:00:35 -0500, Levi Bard wrote:

-> Of course, something like this could also be done using a web
page and an irc room.

I wonder if streaming audio isn't the single most important
element in having an effective system. Keyboarding from
students is ok, to input questions, but if the instructor has to
keyboard to answer questions....isn't that a big drawback?

For an open-source/Linux approach, take a look at:

http://vorbis.com/

http://icecast.org/

http://darkice.sourceforge.net/

I just thought that one could:

a) deal with the geographic problem that has been raised

b) turn it into a fun geek-project, and put together a
complete, integrated training procedure; ie. work out all the
bugs and learn the tricks, and then reuse it over and over.

c) maybe make the past courses available either on the internet,
or on CD (one CD will hold a few hours of compressed audio, and
maybe we could develop some system where you could have the
whiteboard and keyboarding (questions from students) preserved
and shown on screen, in sync with the audio) I dunno....maybe
SLUG could break new ground? Or has this been done?

John



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