FW: Ohio is Migrating to H.323 Video for Instruction (fwd)

[Rick Stevens]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:24:41 -0500
From: Barbara Fossum <b-fossum at ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu>
To: "'pacs at ncsa.uiuc.edu'" <pacs at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Subject: FW: Ohio is Migrating to H.323 Video for Instruction



Barbara Fossum
High Performance Computation Program Coordinator
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Dixon [mailto:rdixon at stargate.acs.ohio-state.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:56 AM
To: The Megaconference; Internet 2 Video Conferencing Group; NYSERNET
Video-IP Project; CIC Video Working Group; Video Development Initiative
Subject: Ohio is Migrating to H.323 Video for Instruction


A new "vision" paper has just been released by the Ohio Learning
Network, a state group that plans technologies for educational
uses in the state of Ohio. This new paper is a bombshell, since it
says that H.323 Internet-style videoconferencing is the way of the future,
and that the native ATM video that has been used in the past will be
phased out.

You may read this paper at www.oln.org, in the "News" section.

I am quite surprised and pleased to see this, although I was not involved
in the creation of this paper. But I have have been telling people at
the State level this same thing for a long time, and until now I had
little indication that anyone else was seriously thinking along the same
lines. 

I have heard of a few other states taking similar steps in the past.
The tide is turning. It will become a tidal wave.

You may find this information useful in your own area.



On the same web page you will see reference to a statewide
educational video conference to
occur on Nov 3-4 in Columbus Ohio, sponsored by this same 
organization. There is an IP Video track which I am organizing
that will have presentations and live demonstrations by Larry
Amiot and myself. These sessions have become even more important
in view of the vision paper that just appeared. The conference
will also feature a "Town Meeting" on the vision paper, which will
no doubt have lively debate and discussion. You are of course
invited to attend this conference, no matter where you are from.



                                    Bob



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