Fwd: Re: FW: Ohio is Migrating to H.323 Video for Instruction

[Rick Stevens]

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>Folks,
>
>If you haven't seen it yet, SURA funded a group called ViDe. They published
>a cookbook and white paper on Video and it can be found at  www.sura.org.
>The cookbook is already slated to be updated and an annual ViDe meeting
>(this will be the third) is tentatively scheduled for March at the Georgia
>Center for Advanced Telecommunications (GCAT) in Atlanta. The cookbook
>discusses the how to and the white paper evaluates vendors.
>
>Any questions, please direct them to Ed Price at Gatech. He's at
>ed.price at oip.gatech.edu
>
>Sue Fratkin
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>At 01:24 PM 10/22/1999 -0500, Barbara Fossum wrote:
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> >
> >Barbara Fossum
> >High Performance Computation Program Coordinator
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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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> >
> >