University of South Florida Nurses Video Conferencing Onto the Internet

Debbie Cantero teach pharmacology to nursing students at five land throughout Florida. University of South Florida instructor in the talks and interaction with her students to use video conferencing in IP networks, a technology tools This has become an Segmentation part of the universal service fund a wide range of distance learning programme.

"there is a shortage of nurses in Florida, said:" Kante Luo. "Distance education makes it possible for more people to pursue nursing as a career or with advanced degrees, if they work for nurses." more than 14,000 students in more than 300 distance-learning courses, Universal Service Fund is a national of the largest providers of distance education. To for a period of time, it has been a leader in a new distance learning technology, provide its current course, using various media, Including a trip video and Web-based system. Recently, the campus has been in use for video meeting, first of all, rely on the integrated services digital network (ISDN) lines now set foot in the delivery and video conferencing through the Internet Use How the company Polycom MGC - 100 more controllers control unit (MCU). It enables video meeting for distance education, academic meetings, the Executive Council, and research cooperation.

rejniak According to Lynn, director of research and development of education outreach, intellectual property, and is essential to the universal service fund distance-learning objectives.

"Polycom MCU the provision of universal service fund with the necessary flexibility to support mobile H.323 protocol of IP services," she Pointed out. H.323 protocol is the backbone video conferencing using high-speed Internet 2, faster and better performance of Internet. At the same time, the Polycom MCU ISDN still support the transmission of the most important universal service fund as many partners and collaborators continue to rely on ISDN the h.320 Protocol. In this way, the Universal Service Fund to maintain a safe path for the ISDN to IP itself and the relevant parties to the link.

through the system has a number of short, according to rejniak. "Management software is much easier," she said. "We easy to operate and short-term needs of the time and training system so that our staff - many of whom are part-time or students can Up and running and quickly. " Polycom system can easily adapt to various configurations. And IP video meeting, portable video conferencing terminal equipment can be easily transported any location with the appropriate network connections, for the short-term or long-term use. This is conducive to the universal service fund to use IP video conferencing in community colleges and other "fixed" distance-learning site, and in a time The talks, or meeting place.

in the classroom, Polycom system, so that teachers adapt to video meeting to meet the occasion. Instructors, or technical personnel to assist they can alternate between a fixed-talks, they are only the presence of the screen , In a "persistent," in which as many as nine sites in the view on the screen at the same time.

instructors can use on the screen reflects the style of the classroom, whether it is 1 teaching presentation or discussion groups. They can make changes to flies, just click and drag the icon. 21 presentation style with the MGC - 100.