As the rate of penetration of the Internet rapidly increases in countries across the globe, and the investment in technological infrastructure in schools, teacher training, and software reaches into the billions, many are questioning its value. The visual medium is already a widely used as an instructional resource. A great body of research shows that children can learn from viewing and interacting with video and television. Viewing video was once thought to be a passive process.

Now, cognitive research has shown that viewers observe, interpret, and coordinate all the information in the video to make their own personal sense of what is being communicated.

A new generation of IP based video and voice application programs have emerged, designed specifically to engage young children based on social, emotional, and cognitive developmental levels. For example, many schools, universities are strongly recommending the classes taken by high expert professors, faculties (globally) should be stored in a streaming video format and students must have that access on-demand basis for their augmented explanation on the respective subjects.

Virtual Classroom Solution

Enhancing education through video and rich media elements can:

• Provide anywhere, anytime learning experiences not traditionally available to all students

• Offer a better way to present abstract ideas, making them easier to understand

• Eliminate the barriers of time, distance, and resources

• Permit faculty, staff, and students worldwide to function as if they were in the same room

The Virtual Classroom solution is comprised of:

• Converged Communications on IP

• TelePresence

• Video over IP Technologies

• Wide Area Application Services

Protect Staff Data and Intellectual Property

Create Intelligent Buildings

Deliver all building services over a single, centrally managed campus data network to reduce costs, increase safety and security, and support new services that enhance campus life.
A campus may include hundreds or even thousands of buildings, with tens of thousands of people relying on those facilities every day. However, the systems that have traditionally controlled building environmental and safety services have been segregated, complex, and costly to operate and maintain.

With the Integrated Campus Solution for Education institutions of higher learning can now deliver all building services over a single, centrally managed campus data network. This solution enables colleges and universities to:

• Reduce building capital and operational costs
• Increase safety and security
• Supports high end server and data center from the day one
• Support new services and amenities

• What users do on the Internet
• Time spent using the Internet
• Differences in Rates of Internet Access