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<<July 14, 1997>>
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
970-259-1345
970-247-7684
Fax: 970-247-7149
greenwood_t@fortlewis.edu
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Mrs. Yoko Takagi (Fax: +81-726-80-2115)
Japan Representative
Teleclass International Japan
1-11-25 Tsukawaki
Takatsuki, Osaka 569
JAPAN
+81-726-88-3415
KGH07122@niftyserve.or.jp
ytakagi@apic.or.jp
http://tezukayamaizm-hs.sakai.osaka.jp/~atsukoy/index.html
(1) Yoko:
Attached is the final of the outline of your paper which
will be
included in the web site of our book publishing project.
Pls start working on your full paper, which will be included
in our
hard copy book after consulting our publisher.
(2) Tina:
Pls include this in the web. Thanks.
Best, Tak
**************************************
Teleclass the World
For past ten years, Teleclass International Japan (TIJ),
a non-
profit educational organization, has sponsored and provided many
Teleclass
projects internationally. Telecommunications tools such as video
phone,
videoconferencing systems and e-mail have been used to promote
international understanding and improve English conversation and
communication abilities, mainly for K-12 Japanese students. Native
languages of students involved include Japanese, Korean and some
other
languages.
TIJ uses a video phone system called Lumaphone to link
to schools in
Hawaii, the United States mainland, New Zealand, Australia, France,
England, Slovakia, Belarus, Spain, Thailand, Korea and China.
TIJ has
emphasized the importance of having communicative linkages among
Asian
students and recently sent Lumaphones to schools in Korea, China,
Nepal,
Taiwan and the Philippines.
The number of videoconferences is also increasing. Twenty-five
ISDN
videoconferences have been held with schools in Hawaii, France,
Australia,
Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Two
big events, Student APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) in
1995 and
ASIA in 1996, each linked students from five countries using a
multipoint
connecting system with the help of Kokusai Denshin Denwa (KDD)
Co., Ltd.
One of the highlights of the videoconferencing activities
occurred
when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Hundt
visited one
of the Teleclass Net Schools in Osaka and joined a videoconference,
sitting among students and talking to students in Hawaii face-to-face.
He
also talked with a teacher in Pennsylvania via Lumaphone during
the
Teleclass session. Since Teleclass projects are supported by
the Japanese
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, TIJ appreciated Chairman
Hundt's
visit very much.
In addition to the international Teleclass, TIJ recently
started
Teleclass Local linking five high schools from Hokkaido to Okinawa
in
Japan. This project uses both e-mail and videoconference technologies.
Those students who already have individual mail accounts talk
and discuss
topics through e-mail, and every other week they have a videoconference
linking five regions by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation's
(NTT's) multipoint connecting system. For each videoconference,
one high
school serves as a host, and the host school students handle the
conference set up and operation.
All these projects are components of Teleclass the World
and are
based upon the Teleclass spirit of "weaving the world into
one" originated
by Dr. John Wollstein, the Founder of Teleclass International
in Hawaii.
This chapter discusses
1) TIJ history including how TIJ, a voluntary group, has
gotten
teachers' attention in Japan,
2) interesting Teleclass projects and
3) future planning concerning how to cooperate with other
worldwide
educational networks toward truly "weaving the world
into one."
****************************************
Biography of Yoko Takagi
Yoko Takagi is the head of Teleclass International Japan,
which is a
part of Teleclass International project originated in Hawaii.
The project
is one of the new educational movements of distance learning in
Japan
using inexpensive Lumaphone via Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)
and
ISDN videoconferene equipment.
She is now devoting her life to conducting educational
videoconferencing through the Teleclass The World program which
extends
worldwide. Most of her work entails persuading school principals
to
participate in such programs, encouraging participating teachers,
preparing programs with students, writing grant applications,
making
speeches, visiting with government officials and boards of education.
She
often travels to overseas countries with Lumaphones as conducting
Lumaphone videoconferences at various schools.
She received an Associate of Arts degree from Chaminade
University
in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prior to her study in Hawaii, she worked
at
Mitsubishi Bank (now Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank).
**************************************
Address
Mrs. Yoko Takagi
Japan Representative
Teleclass International Japan
1-11-25 Tsukawaki
Takatsuki, Osaka 569
JAPAN
+81-726-88-3415
Fax: +81-726-80-2115
KGH07122@niftyserve.or.jp
ytakagi@apic.or.jp
http://tezukayamaizm-hs.sakai.osaka.jp/~atsukoy/index.html
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*
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*
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<<July 14, 1997>>
Mr. Renato Cortinovis
Training Officer
HRD Division
Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
RENATO.CORTINOVIS@itu.int
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
970-259-1345
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(1) Renato:
Attached is the next-to-final of the outline of your
paper. Pls
reply to some inquiries in << >> at your earliest
convenience.
We are now ready to include it in the web site of our
book
publishing project.
Pls start preparing your full paper which will be included
in our
hard copy book after consulting our book publisher.
(2) Tina:
Pls check this from your editorial viewpoint.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
**************************************
The Global Telecommunications University and Global
Telecommunications Training Institute (GTU/GTTI)
What is the GTU/GTTI
The senior telecommunication managers who participated in
the World
Development Conference organized by the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) in 1994, expressed the urgency of establishing a Global
Telecommunication University (GTU) in order to further diversify
training
opportunities for developing countries and to better implement
modern
teaching technologies.
Purpose of the GTU/GTTI
The mission of the GTU/GTTI would be to contribute to the
development of
human resources in the telecommunication sector. A special emphasis
will
be placed on engineering and management training needs, arising
from the
changing environment in developing countries, as a result of
privatization, competition, the opening to the market economy,
the
digitalization of networks and the introduction of new technologies
and
services.
Potential Partners
The GTU/GTTI would be organized by pooling the existing
resources
available in training and education telecommunication institutions.
The
former would be the major partners in this venture.
Target Population
The target population would be composed of managers, engineers
and
technicians of telecommunication organizations in developing countries.
The customers of the GTU/GTTI would be the companies providing
telecommunications services as well as regulatory bodies.
Use of Media
The GTU/GTTI would rely on the extensive use of modern
telecommunication technologies to support distance education.
This
option, however, does not exclude that traditional campus-based
activities
could still be conducted in different locations in the regions.
Status of the activities
A GTU preliminary model was prepared and some key aspects
to be
addressed were identified. An electronic conference was opened
to discuss
the details of this preliminary model and to allow a world-wide
brainstorming on the subject. In order to use complementary communication
facilities, in line with the objectives of the GTU/GTTI, a traditional
Round-Table was organized at ITU-Geneva in 1995. A small ITU
task force
carried out in 1996 a feasibility study identifying a range of
scenarios
and estimating the related necessary resources. While the operational
and
legal structures of the GTU/GTTI are being designed, we are continuing
the
development of a GTU/GTTI Test Bed: the Virtual Training Center
(VTC).
Plans for the immediate future: continuation/reinforcement
of the
VTC.
The feasibility study suggested the continuation/reinforcement
of
the Virtual Training Center (VTC) activities as a test-bed of
the
GTU/GTTI. These activities will pave the ground for the implementation
of
the future GTU/GTTI on a wider scale.
Current VTC activities include:
* Use and cross-cultural validation of existing computerized
training
material. As an example, we are validating hundreds of CBT modules
ranging from Project Management to Network Design in Telecom training
centers all over the world.
<<Renato:
What does CBT stands for?>>
* Coordination of a number of regional Virtual Task Forces
(VTF),
consisting in groups of people mainly using telematics facilities
for
collaborating.
* Development of a series of web/cmc-based distance-learning
courses,
delivered via the Internet (delivery started in 1996).
<<Renato:
What is "cmc"?>>
Comprehensive and up-to-date information about the GTU/GTTI
and the VTC is
available at http://www3.itu.int/VTC/.
**************************************
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Founded in Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph
Union, the
International Telecommunication Union took its present name in
1934 and
became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1947.
The ITU is an intergovernmental organization, within
which the
public and private sectors cooperate for the development of
telecommunications.
The ITU adopts international regulations and treaties
governing all
terrestrial and space uses of the frequency spectrum as well as
the use of
the geostationary-satellite orbit, within which countries adopt
their
national legislation. It also develops standards to facilitate
the
interconnection of telecommunication systems on a worldwide scale
regardless of the type of technology used. Spearheading
telecommunications development on a world scale, the ITU fosters
the
development of telecommunications in developing countries, by
establishing
medium-term development policies and strategies in consultation
with other
partners in the sector and by providing specialized technical
assistance
in the areas of telecommunication policies, the choice and transfer
of
technologies, management, financing of investment projects and
mobilization of resources, the installation and maintenance of
networks,
the management of human resources as well as research and development.
As at 22 February 1996, the ITU comprised 185 Member
States and 363
members (scientific and industrial companies, public and private
operators, broadcasters, regional/international organizations)
to the
three sectors.
**************************************
Address
Mr. Jaime Herrera
Head. HRD Division
Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
+41-22-730-5090
JAIME.HERRERA@itu.int
and
Mr. Renato Cortinovis
Training Officer
HRD Division
Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
RENATO.CORTINOVIS@itu.int
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
*
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder of CAADE
*
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)
*
* President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA)
*
* A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA
*
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
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*
* FTP://champlaincollege.qc.ca (IP 198.168.102.231)
*
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*
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*
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<<July 14, 1997>>
Mike Jensen
mikej@wn.apc.org
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
970-259-1345
970-247-7684
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(1) Mike:
Attached is the next-to-final of the outline of your paper.
We are now ready to include it in the web site of our
book
publishing project.
Pls provide us with your full address (affiliation name,
snail mail
address, phone/fax, etc.).
Pls also start working on its full paper.
(2) Tina:
Pls check this from your editorial viewpoint.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
**************************************
A Guide to Improving Internet Access in Africa
with Wireless Technologies
Study made for
International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada
(August 31st 1996)
Index:
Preface
Introduction
The Radio Spectrum
Regulating the Use of Radio Frequencies
Wireless Applications
Fixed Microwave Multi-Channel Trunk Carrier Services
Long Distance Terrestrial HF Radio Networks
Geostationary Satellites
Satellite Equipment and Services
Geostationary Satellite Operators in Africa
Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) Satellites
Short Distance Local Loop Technologies
Cellular Telephony (point-to-multipoint systems)
Packet Radio
Narrowband Packet Radio
Wideband/Spread Spectrum Packet Radio and Wireless LANs
Microwave Data Systems
Fibreless Optical Systems
Digital Radio Trunking Systems
Data Broadcasting
New Information Highway Wireless Local Loop Proposals
Preface
The use of radio frequencies for wireless communications
has
advanced extremely rapidly over the past few years resulting
in an
explosion of possibilities for improving communications infrastructures
worldwide. In Africa in particular, wireless technologies are
seen as one
of the most important ways of addressing the needs of a continent
with the
least developed telecommunication system in the world.
Wireless systems also have a special role to play in
meeting data
communication needs and the spread of the Internet has placed
further
demands for widely accessible and reliable high-bandwidth circuits
on a
generally overburdened and unstable infrastructure. However radio
based
solutions are being considered so frequently for improving basic
telecommunication infrastructure that wireless access to the Internet
should also be looked at in a wider context of the provision of
systems to
assist the public network in providing access to both voice and
data.
This report attempts to identify the opportunities for
using
wireless technologies for Internet access in this context and
should be
of interest to international agencies planning development assistance
projects in the region as well as Telecommunication Operators,
Internet
Service Providers and end-users. In the developed countries many
wireless
technologies are being developed to meet the demand for mobile
computing.
Although many of the systems discussed can also provide mobile
Internet
connections, in Africa these needs are far lower and so less attention
is
given to this area in the report.
Wireless solutions usually rely on proprietary hardware
and software
platforms developed by a particular company - the development
of open
standards is still at a very early stage and so in most cases
it is
mandatory to use the same company's products at each end of a
link. With
this sort of limitation in the competitive environment between
suppliers
and the great variety in types of connections, equipment and protocols,
choosing a system can be difficult and there are few ongoing forti
to
improve information exchange. As a result there is a strong thread
of
product information in this report and an extensive list of contact
addresses and information resources on the Internet dealing with
wireless
technologies are included in the Appendix.
<<Mike:
What is "forti" above? -- I could not find it
in my dictionary.>>
**************************************
Biography of Michael Jensen
A South African, Michael Jensen has experience in 30
countries in
Africa assisting with the establishment of Internet and computer
based
communications systems over the last 10 years. Originally a research
biologist, Mr. Jensen then worked as a journalist on the Rand
Daily Mail
in Johannesburg. He moved to Toronto, Canada in 1985 and co-founded
the
country's national non-governmental computer communications network
- The
Web. Since 1990 he has worked as an independent consultant based
in
Johannesburg. He was one of the principal contributors to President
Nelson Mandela's Telcom95 keynote speech in Geneva and is a member
of the
African Conference of Ministers High Level Working Group which
developed
the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) adopted by the
Conference of Ministers in May 1996.
Mr. Jensen is currently working on a UNESCO/ITU/IDRC
joint
initiative to establish rural multi-purpose telecenters in 4 African
countries. One of the project's aims is to strengthen the national
public
library organizations and to develop electronic library facilities
relevant to the needs of the rural population.
**************************************
Address
Mike Jensen
mikej@wn.apc.org
**********************************************************************
* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
*
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder of CAADE
*
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)
*
* President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA)
*
* A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA
*
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
* INTERNET: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676
*
* FTP://champlaincollege.qc.ca (IP 198.168.102.231)
*
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*
* http://www.friends-
*
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*
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<<July 15, 1997>>
Mr. Mauricio Manhaes
Creative Director
Traducao Grafica
terrAvista Computer Arts
(Formerly EXTRA Graph)
Rua Lauro Linhares, 589
2 andar
Condominio de Informatica
Trindade, Florianopolis, SC
CEP 88036-971
BRAZIL
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Fax: +55-48-234-3745
manhaes@terravista.com.br
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
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(1) Mauricio:
It was my great pleasure to have met you in Florianopolis
last
month, albeit very briefly. Many thanks for your completed
CD-ROM
of CATARIA!!
Attached is the final of the outline of your paper.
We are now ready to include it in the web site of our
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Pls include it in the web site.
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Best, Tak
**************************************
CATARIA
What is CATARINA?
CATARINA is a powerful educational tool presented in CD-ROM
format.
It is an innovative resource which couples scientific rigor with
the
attractiveness of video games by permitting students to navigate
easily
through course lessons by means of video, texts, graphics, audio
and
animation. So far, lesson materials have included complex visual
models
such as a three dimensional display of molecules with their electrons
spinning in association/dissociation. The software also allows
students
to interact with the experience or demonstration being presented
-- an
experiential learning in a virtual laboratory where students can
observe
changes frame-by-frame at a specified rate and can even "rewind"
animated
sequences to repeat them. Envisioned primarily for teaching of
the
natural sciences such as chemistry, physics and biology, CATARINA's
main
advantage is to replace traditional, segmented, static images
and graphics
with animated sequences, demonstrating processes as they occur
in nature.
CATARINA not only personalizes learning process, but also enriches
the
fundamental topics of school programs with text, sound and dynamic
animated sequences. It is geared toward stimulating the interest
of the
student and encouraging him/her to participate, thereby positively
reinforcing the learning process and promoting continued studies.
Concept of CATARINA
CATARINA is a set of software applications that uses animation,
three-dimensional images and/or virtual reality. The idea driving
the
development of CATARINA is to present scientific subject matter
with
exactness and, at the same time, to interact with the learner
in a quick
and pleasant way. Students will be attracted to it as if it were
a video
game.
Objectives of CATARINA
CATARINA can be used whenever the visualization of the process
or
object will make learning easier and faster, especially at times
when the
subject being studied is complex and difficult for the student
to
understand. Due to its interactive, dynamic and open nature,
CATARINA can
become the ideal complement to books, handouts and traditional
classes
because of its fresh and useful combination of text, images and
animation
which allow quick explanation of concepts that would otherwise
demand
study of several written pages and much in-class explanation.
CATARINA
means a new teaching methodology whereby the computer becomes
an
innovating and instigating pedagogical contribution in educational
informatics.
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Biography of Mauricio Manhaes
Mauricio Manhaes is the founder of TerrAvista Computer
Arts in
Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, which was established in
1992. His
firm develops software to help people and industries use computer
aided
design in a friendly and surprisingly easy way. One application
of
TerrAvista software has been in visualizing machinery for ceramics
industries. Mr. Manhaes has also been a freelance designer for
Warner
Brothers Records at Rio de Janeiro, and his academic studies include
graphic arts and law. He has been working on the CATARINA project
since
1994.
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Address
Mr. Mauricio Manhaes
Creative Director
Traducao Grafica
terrAvista Computer Arts
(Formerly EXTRA Graph)
Rua Lauro Linhares, 589
2 andar
Condominio de Informatica
Trindade, Florianopolis, SC
CEP 88036-971
BRAZIL
Tel: +55-48-234-4963
Fax: +55-48-234-3745
manhaes@terravista.com.br
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*
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*
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Subject: Your excellent full paper
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<<July 16, 1997>>
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Director, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Engineering Center, OT 2-41
Campus Box 530
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0530
303-492-8916
Fax: 303-492-1112
Pelton_J@cubldr.colorado.edu
Pelton@Boulder.Colorado.edu
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
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612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
970-259-1345
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(1) Joe:
Many thanks for your msg with an excellent, succinct
full paper for
our planned book from Idea-Group Publishing -- ATTACHMENT
I.
Referring to ATTACHMENT II and III, I wonder if you can
elaborate/add further (in a few paragraphs) on the use of
digital
satellite for broad-band international Internet -- followings
are
some hints;
(a) I read in SSPI's newsletter that INTELSAT developed
interactive satellite channel.
(b) You may refer to the purpose and vision of Category
I (for the
use of narrow-band digital satellite channel) of Project
ACCESS.
(c) You may also compare pro and con of geosynchronous
satellite
and low earth orbiting satellite for international
Internet.
(d) You may refer/comment on the initial trial step
for having
such a broad-band international Internet by NSF --
see
<http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/nsf97-106.html>
(e) Such broad-band international satellite channel
requires huge
operating cost. Therefore, in order to finance them,
there
may need to have a similar funds as "Universal
Funds" ($4.65
billion) which the U.S. FCC recently announced --
see
<http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/universal_service/fcc97157/>.
Pls confirm your address in Boulder above.
Looking forward to receiving your response to the above.
(2) Tina:
Pls check this from your editorial viewpoint.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
**************************************
ATTACHMENT I
Date: 8 Jul 1997 14:27:10 +0100
From: "Joseph Pelton" <Joseph_Pelton@isu.isunet.edu>
Subject: Re: Respectfully requesting
To: "Tak Utsumi" <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>
RE>Respectfully requesting paper con
8/07/97
TO: Tak Utsumi
FROM: Joe Pelton
Here is my brief article for your book project. I will be
moving back to the U.S. on the 3rd of August and you can reach
me at my old telephone, fax and e-mail address after that time.
Best regards Joe Pelton
======================================
Trends in Satellite Tele-education
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Dean, International Space University
Srasbourg, France
The Start of Satellite Tele-education
The launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik
1, occurred in
October 1957. This was quickly followed by the launch of a series
of
telecommunications satellites such as Score, Courier IB, Echo,
Relay,
Telstar, and Syncom. These and other experimental satellites
demonstrated
that voice, data and television could be sent reliably between
ground
antenna systems. These experiments led to the deployment of three
operational systems in 1965 namely the Russian Molniya domestic
satellite
system, the U.S. Initial Defense Satellite Communications System,
and the
INTELSAT global satellite system's Early Bird. From the very
start of
satellite communications services television transmissions were
featured.
These included exchanges between heads of state, the Lemans automobile
race, and important social services such as surgeons in Geneva,
Switzerland observing open heart surgery in Houston, Texas by
Dr. Debekey.
In the ensuing years through the late 1960s and the 1970s
efforts to
devise satellite technology that could bring cost effective satellite
tele-education services to rural and remote areas at cost-effective
rates
continued. These efforts included the Applications Technology
Satellite
series 1 through 6 that showed many different new satellite applications
including satellite tele-education. The ATS-6 with a very large
unfurlable antenna demonstrated rural satellite video education
services
in the Appalachia region of the U.S. as well as in Brazil and
India. The
Communications Technology Satellite (with the Hermes satellite
designed
and built in Canada and with NASA providing the launch) also showed
how
very high powered satellites could broadcast educational video
to rural
areas using only very small aperture terminals.
In the 1980s satellite based tele-education began to
evolve on a
global scale. The Indian INSAT system, building on the positive
SITE
experiments conducted with the ATS-6 was deployed starting with
the INSAT
1B in 1983. Now with the INSAT 2 series, built the Indian Space
Organization, deployed there are four satellites providing television
based education to tens of thousands of villages. In Indonesia
the Palapa
satellite system also began offering television education in the
1980s as
well. International programming as well as local programming
developed by
Television Radio Indonesia (TVRI) provided service to sites on
Indonesia
most heavily populated islands.
In areas such as the Caribbean and the South Pacific
operating
networks based on satellite operations have been in operation
for over 20
years through such networks as UDIWITE (University of the West
Indies)
Peacesat (University of the South Pacific).
Project Share
One of the key stimulants to the spread of satellite
communications
came from the INTELSAT sponsored Satellites for Health and Rural
Education
(SHARE) project that took place from 1985 to 1987. Free satellite
capacity was made available to test rural and remote educational
and tele-
health projects all over the world. Most dramatically, China,
under the
auspices of INTELSAT's Project Share began its national education
television program in this manner. It began with only a few dozen
stations and a few thousand students. Today this network has
over 90,000
antennas in operation in all parts of China and reaches over 3
million
students.
In East Africa and in the Caribbean tele-medicine tests
were carried
out using only a single satellite voice circuit to connect the
Memorial
Hospital of Newfoundland to remote hospital and clinics. The
same circuit
was used for a seven hour shift to link Canada with Kenya and
Uganda and
then for another seven hour shift to link Canada with Caribbean
nations.
Current and Future Trends
In Canada and the United States over 100 different satellite
tele-
education systems are now in operation. These include state and
province
owned and operated networks, commercial networks that range from
primary
schooling to graduate level programming. Some projects such as
the Mind-
Extension University of the Jones Intercable reaches into over
20 million
homes via cable television. Others such as the National Technological
University (NTU) combines college course produced by over 40 different
universities and also provides short courses and corporate training.
European use of satellite tele-education has been less extensive
than in
North America
simply because extensive terrestrial telecommunications networks
are
widely available and cover population centers and educational
institutions
quite well.
Project Learn
One of the latest initiatives to seek to stimulate new
directions
and experiments in satellite tele-education is called Project
LEARN. This
stands for Local Education and Resource Network and its objective
is to
stimulate a wide range of tele-education projects in diverse subjects,
in
a number of countries and with alternative technical and operations
approaches. It is anticipated that after the various trials,
tests and
demonstrations, and projects are completed that an assessment
team will
evaluate the successes, shortcoming, and key lessons learned and
prepare a
international report of these findings. To date projects in India,
China,
Russia, Korea, and the U.S. have been initially identified for
detailed
planning. It is intended that the final report and evaluation
will be
published and circulated by the International Telecommunication
Union as
well as presented in electronic form as an international web site.
Specific objectives are to test and evaluate:
a. broad band versus narrow band tele-education systems
b. effectiveness of tele-education at various age levels
c. ability to combine rural communications systems with tele-education
systems
d. effectiveness of combined tele-education and tele-medicine
projects
e. effectiveness of satellite, terrestrial and hybrid systems
in
meeting tele-education objectives.
f. identify typical gaps or problems in tele-education projects
such as
in the areas of training of educators and technicians, program
development, terminal equipment, high cost of establishing
or
maintaining ground systems, technical standards, etc.
g. impact of tele-education systems on quality of life and
general
improvements to society (these areas are admittedly extremely
difficult to measure).
These projects are planned for 1998 and 1999 and the
final report
for Project LEARN is anticipated in the year 2000.
There are today a growing number of test, demonstrations,
and even
commercial projects in tele-education. It is hoped that Project
LEARN and
perhaps other parallel global test and evaluation programs can
share more
broadly and effectively the results of these tele-education tests.
Conclusions
Today there are some 50 satellite carriers who have deployed
some
200 GHz of satellite capacity in orbit, representing over 200
satellites.
The next decade may well see the number of satellite carriers
growing to
100 to 150 carriers and the total amount of satellite capacity
(as now
proposed) could grow to 2000 GHz. This explosion of satellite
capacity in
low, medium and geosynchronous satellite orbit should make a tremendous
amount of new space segment capacity that could be used for tele-education
and tele-medicine purposes. Further this sudden expansion of
capacity
should also reduce the capital and operating costs for tele-education
systems. Systematic planning efforts, like Project LEARN are
needed now
to exploit fully the new capacity that will be increasingly available
in
the next few years.
**************************************
ATTACHMENT II
To: Joseph Pelton
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:04:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>
To: Joe Pelton <pelton@isu.isunet.edu>
Cc: Utsumi Takeshi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Respectfully requesting paper contribution
=================================================
OMITTED HERE BY T. UTSUMI <<July 16, 1997>
=================================================
(2) I would like to respectfully inquire if you can contribute
a paper
to our proposed book "Electronic Global University
System and
Services" which will be published from Idea-Group Publishing
in
Harrisburg, PA this year.
If affirmative, I wish to have a paper from your vast
knowledge and
experience on the overview of satellite usage for global
education -
- particularly on the current/future use of broad-band VSAT
(T1 at
1.5 Mbps or up) for Global Information Infrastructure(GII)
-- our
book is a part of a series on GII, and is to promote the
usage of
Internet.
Though many developing countries have now been
connected with
TCP/IP oriented Internet, most of them are still with
only 128
or 256 Kbps, at the best, for their connection with
the U.S.
Looking into the near future of Year 2000, 2005
and 2010 with
the rapid advancement of WWW via Internet, and also
the
requirement of high-resolution image transfer for
telemedicine, such broad-band VSAT will be a vital
necessity
for both global electronic distance education and
global-
healthcare and -telemedicine.
We are now start collaborating with tele-healthcare
and -
medicine group (Koop Foundation, World Health Organization,
Pan American Health Organization, Norwalk Hospital/Yale
University School of Medicine, etc.) to cost share
expensive
broad-band VSAT earth station and satellite segment.
One of ideas is to have mtgs on the establishment
of an
international coalition for GII, firstly in Philadelphia
this
spring with U.S. government officials (particularly
from the
US Information Agency, US Agency for International
Development, etc.) and secondly at UNESCO/Paris this
fall
(tentative), to discuss massive funding (in the magnitude
of
$5 billion) from governments of Japan, north America
and
Europe for effective use of the broad-band VSAT.
I wish you can attend one of those mtgs -- I will
inform you
when the mtgs are firmed up.
(3) This book publishing project will have three phases;
(a) hard copy book to which each contributor will present
2 to 5
page summary,
(b) CD-ROM (or DVD) to be accompanied with the book,
to which each
contributor will present 10 to 20 pages with multimedia
materials,
(c) virtual book with computer-mediated conferencing
system via
web and Internet -- the CD-ROM (or DVD) materials
will be
converted to this.
Should you accept this invitation, pls send me a half
page outline
of your paper and a half page bio at your earliest convenience.
<<Joe:
I have received them. Thanks.>>
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OMITTED THE REST BY T. UTSUMI <<July 16, 1997>
=================================================
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ATTACHMENT III
Excerpt from
ITU Secretary-General's Message
for
TELECOM "Inter@ctive 97" Conference
8-14, September
Geneva, Switzerland
Interactive seems to me to be the most unifying and appropriate
characteristic of the new infocommunication applications and services.
This is reflected by Martin Bangemann, who currently heads policy
development in the fields of telecommunications and the information
society at the European Union: "There will not be a 'single
and unique'
information highway," he says, "but 'system' of information
highways,
formed in particular by the cable TV networks, the wireless terrestrial
networks, the different kinds of satellite networks, etc. Internet
is
part of this global picture of interlinked networks, but it presents
some
special characteristics. With its huge offer of on-line, interactive
services of an incredible variety, it has succeeded in attracting
a
considerable community of users behind the technology."
According to
Bangemann, the key of Internet success is the offer of interactive
applications.
On entering a new world, we would prefer to be players rather
than
spectators, and interactivity must be one of the most appropriate
tools
for being both a player and keeping control.
Furthermore, multimedia, considered as new form of information
delivery (not in the transmission sense of the term but in its
communication sense), can be seen as a new interface between the
content
provider and the information consumer, and the key of success
for this
interface, as symbolized by the World Wide Web, is again: interactivity.
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
*
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*
* Founder of CAADE
*
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*
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<<July 16, 1997>>
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Director, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Engineering Center, OT 2-41
Campus Box 530
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0530
303-492-8916
Fax: 303-492-1112
Pelton_J@cubldr.colorado.edu
Pelton@Boulder.Colorado.edu
Ms. Tina Evans Greenwood
Managing Editor, GLOSAS News and
Library Instruction Coordinator
Fort Lewis College
612 East 32nd Street
Durango, Colorado 81301-81301
970-259-1345
970-247-7684
Fax: 970-247-7149
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mfteg@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
(1) Joe:
Many thanks for the outline of your paper and excellent bio.
This outline was changed from the one you sent
to me on
1/22/97, to reflect the one of your brief full paper
you sent
to me on 7/8/97.
We are now ready to include it in the web site of our
book
publishing project.
Pls check the outline below for your final approval.
(2) Tina:
Pls check this from your editorial viewpoint.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
**************************************
Trends in Satellite Tele-education
1. The Start of Satellite Tele-education
2. Project SHARE
3. Current and Future Trends
4. Project LEARN
(Note Project LEARN is an open ended and participatory project
which will
involve the ITU, World Bank, NASA, ESTEC, CRL of Japan, Russia,
China,
INTELSAT and INMARSAT at this stage.)
****************************************
Biography of Joseph N. Pelton
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton (B.S. University of Tulsa, M.A.
New York
University, Ph.D. Georgetown University). Dr. Pelton is the Vice
President of Academic Programs and Dean of the International Space
University (ISU) of Strasbourg, France. This "new style"
University is
currently creating a global virtual university tied to 25 university
sites
around the world. Dr. Pelton also serves as Managing Director
of the
Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of the
International Institute of Communications. He is the author of
14 books
in the field including Future View, Future Talk, and Global Talk
which was
nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Most recently he has published
Wireless
and Satellite Telecommunications (Prentice Hall, 1995) and the
second
edition of The How to Book of Satellite Communications (Design
Publishers,
1995). In 1997 he will publish his next book called The Cyberspace
Chronicles.
Prior to assuming his current post Dr. Pelton served
as Director of
the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and the Center
for
Advanced Research in Telecommunications (CART) at the University
of
Colorado at Boulder--the oldest such program in the U.S. From
1969-89 Dr.
Pelton held various management positions with INTELSAT and COMSAT
including Director of Strategic Planning and Director of Project
Share
(SHARE stood for Satellites for Health and Rural Education).
For his
leadership in establishing and carrying our Project SHARE, he
was awarded
the H. Ree Lee award of the Public Service Satellite Consortium.
Dr.
Pelton is a frequent keynote speaker and has deliver major addresses
in
over 40 countries around the world as well as spoken at the UN,
the US
Congress, Harvard University, the AAAS and at many other prestigious
fora.
Dr. Pelton is a full member of the International Academy of
Astronautics,
a member of the American Biographical Institute, Who's Who International,
the World Future Society, the AIAA and the Society of Satellite
Professionals of which he was the founding president.
**************************************
Address
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Director, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Engineering Center, OT 2-41
Campus Box 530
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0530
303-492-8916
Fax: 303-492-1112
Pelton_J@cubldr.colorado.edu
Pelton@Boulder.Colorado.edu
and
Dean and Vice President of Academic Programs
International Space University
Srasbourg, France
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
*
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder of CAADE
*
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)
*
* President, Global University in the U.S.A. (GU/USA)
*
* A Divisional Activity of GLOSAS/USA
*
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
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*
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*
* http://www.wiu.edu/users/milibo/wiu/resource/glosas/cont.htm
*
* http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/education/globaluniv/synopsis.html
*
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Originally posted at the Website: http://library.fortlewis.edu/~instruct/glosas/GN/ by Tina Evans Greenwood, Library Instruction Coordinator, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado 81301, e-mail: greenwood_t@fortlewis.edu, and last updated May 7, 1999. By her permission the whole Website has been archived here at the University of Tennessee server directory of GLOSAS Chair Dr. Takeshi Utsumi from August 9, 2000 by Steve McCarty in Japan.