Distributed multimedia education with real-time feedback

The delivery of applications with both real-time and non-real-time service expectations, such as multimedia education, using the WWW has led to a new model for service provisioning. The profile of a distance learning session, including video-ondemand, is unlike any other service delivered over the WWW or a dedicated intranet. After developing several WWW-based multimedia distribution systems for distance learning. a profile and service expectation has been developed. By including real-time feedback to the students and administrators, information about the effectiveness of the education being delivered can be made. A pre-fetch or reservation strategy, coupled with historical information about student behavior can significantly improve information delivery to the desktop. Presentation of this model, a discussion of the design, and analysis of the results found in actual use will be provided.