The Educenter project was started by HP Labs in recognition
of the fact that educational TV holds immense potential in the
Indian scenario. The main objective of the system is to provide
multimedia content over a college LAN on an on-demand basis.
An innovative learning program comprising a digital library
solution, multimedia content, and computing infrastructure,
the Educenter is a set-up that can be installed in colleges
and Universities to provide an affordable solution for capturing,
searching, and using multimedia in the educational process.
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The capture device encodes incoming TV channel content into
MPEG-2 files and stores it on the server. Stored files can then
be submitted to a digital library application that runs on the
server. The student no longer has to bother about keeping track
of TV schedules, or waiting for the right kind of programs.
A lecturer can suggest certain videos to be watched as a part
of coursework, or the student himself can search the digital
library to find what he needs. A built-in search engine available
with the digital library makes this easy. Subject to necessary
approvals being given by the college, students can view stored
content and even download them into their Laptops or desk-tops.
To know more about Educenter, click
here to download the whitepaper
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