1. Remote Collaboration Tool University of California Davis Copyright 2003 Richard F. Walters. Permission granted for non commercial use if this copyright included. To disseminate or republish requires written permission from the author.

2. An Open Source, Platform Independent Multimedia, Multilingual Tool Designed to Enhance Human Interaction

3. Pedagogic Assuimptions Learning should be student-centered Learning should be activity driven Learning requires human feedback

4. Original Version Whiteboarding example

5. Select Whiteboard Option

6. Click and Drag Option

7. Annotated screen snapshot

8. Whiteboard as part of message

9. Open RCT Version 1.5.0 Basic Concepts Client-server architecture Platform independent Multimedia (text, sound, URL, textpad) Multilingual (UNICODE compliant Synchronous/asynchronous

10. Features Multilingual chat Teams: seamless link between synchronous and asynchronous interaction Store-and-forward sound Collaborative writing tool: Textpad Threaded discussion URL Invoked on all on-line screens File transfer Full archiving of all interactions

11. RCT Login

12. User View (online users in bold text)

13. Class view showing team

14. Team View (online user in bold) Option to join Team available

15. Multilingual Chat

16. Textpad collaborative writing tool

17. Threaded discussion expanded

18. URL selection to show on all screens check to open automaitcally

19. Retrieving Archived Data

20. Select type of file to retrieve

21. Select method of retrieval, then “next”

22. Select number of instances to retrieve

23. Sample of archived chat messages

24. RCT Administration Open RCT 1.5.0 provides extensive archiving of all interaction between users, synchronous as well as asynchronous (for team interaction). Examples of the Administrative interaction are provided in the next set of illustrations.

25. Aministrative use login: 3 levels

26. Administrative tasks options

27. Adding course content (can be hidden or visible

28. Options for retrieving interactive content

29. New RCT (Fall, 2003) Based on Macromedia Flash Communication Server Currently under development Prototype examples follow (Courtesy Thomas Amsler)

30. Flash Client: Main page Users, Voice over IP, Chat, Textpad,

31. Flash Version Group List

32. Flash Version Sound archive

33. Flash Version Textpad tool

34. To Be Added to Flash Version Whiteboarding (2004): Screen snapshot File image retrieval Layered annotation Archiving of image with layered annotations Math Notation (2004) Application Sharing (2005)