1. A NEW STEP IN LEARNING - A NEW INTERACTION EXPERIENCE

2. About us Our vision: to create one world by bringing together the real and virtual dimensions Our mission: to bring people together in the online world, by easing interaction and collaboration from different locations, in a natural and intuitive way Our goal: to develop an online platform that offers face-to-face, synchronous and collaborative communication between remote contributors, working in the same virtual room, using touch technologies

3. The Motivation The challenges of modern education and learning (public, private, corporate): economic, demographic, geographic, etc. The contemporary challenges of people interactions, knowledge and information flow The use of modern technologies to facilitate learning, interaction, knowledge exchange Efficient and cost-effective environment, with global reach

4. Concepts in Learning – Interaction and Content “Classical” Learning (Trainer-Led) e-Learning Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) Online Live Learning (OLL)

5. The Idea Defining a platform that supports a live, online, synchronous and interactive collaboration space for users

6. In a nutshell Interactive platform that facilitates synchronous interaction between participants from remote locations in a mutual workspace As participants interact in real time (audio/video), their actions are replicated on all connected devices

7. The Interface FLIPBOARD Editing, saving and restoring the session Accessing documents and external files from Dropbox Accessing the Internet Work with external application Changing the layout of the workspace Using clips directly from YouTube Import PowerPoint presentations CLIPBOARD Notes and Comments Instant access from any page Drag and drop WORKBOARD Interaction / Contribution Writing Drawing Object handling Working with and on multimedia files COMMAND DECK Multiple writing tools / eraser Multiple pages Text recognition

8. Usage Contexts / Applicability Education  Virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple locations  All the participants can work together on the same virtual blackboard  All the participants can interact with the professor or with each other  Storing the entire lecture for future reference Tutoring  Real time interaction using fixed or mobile devices  The participants can work together on the same virtual notebook and on individual virtual notebooks  Save, Replay, Resume and Edit functions for the existing tutoring session Training  Performing remote trainings with participants from different locations  Working simultaneously together on the same virtual device  All the participants can read, write and draw on the same electronic notebook Business  Virtual meeting room for live sessions from multiple locations  Simultaneous collaboration on the same virtual flipchart or whiteboard  Storing the entire session for future reference

9. IN EDUCATION

10. Benefits (1) Broadening the geographical coverage and the market share of the educational institutions Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face educational experience Managing an educational facility much easier than in the case of franchising or overcrowded campuses Leveraging the professorial core to new markets, offering access to top professors and increasing the number of students

11. Benefits (2) Increasing productivity of schools and universities Providing a real-time insight into the student learning experience Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with the professors Facilitating distance collaboration through student group projects

12. Key Features (1) Creation of a virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple physical classrooms and remote locations Working together, learning and teaching by mutually using the board of the virtual classroom and the electronic notebooks of the students Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save, Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Organizing groups that interact simultaneously on the virtual classroom board and different virtual notebooks during a classroom session

13. Key Features (2) Access to the student’s individual notebook and the professor’s notebook Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and editing tools Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures, animations and movies stored in personal repositories Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube

14. Scenario: Public Education / Remote schools Event: School class Location(s): Remote educational facilities, isolated locations Need: Reducing travel time and costs Participants: Students, pupils, teachers, professors Solution: Interactive remote courses using LiveStudies

15. IN TUTORING

16. Benefits (1) An all-round solution serving the needs of tutors, students and parents Reducing costs and saving time while experiencing the same human interaction as in face-to-face tutoring sessions Increase of the tutors’ visibility and coverage Online tutoring for multiple students at the same time Protecting the student and the tutor and increasing parents’ confidence of the parents

17. Benefits (2) Providing a real-time insight into the student learning experience Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with the professors Facilitating distance collaboration

18. Key Features (1) Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Access to the student’s individual notebook and the professor’s notebook Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save, Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and editing tools Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube Import already built powerpoint presentations directly on the public board

19. Key Features (2) Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures, animations and movies stored in personal repositories Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures Working with multi-page notebooks Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface

20. Scenario: Online tutoring Event: Tutoring Session Location(s): The professor and the student are in different locations (cities) Need: Reducing travel time and costs, access to top professors Participants: Students, pupils, teachers, professors Solution: Interactive remote tutoring using LiveStudies

21. IN TRAINING

22. Benefits (1) Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face educational experience Broadening the geographical coverage and the market share of the training companies Providing a real-time insight into the training sessions Increasing the effectiveness of training Use of mobile devices and mixing traditional teaching with mobility

23. Benefits (2) Facilitating distance collaboration in group projects Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with the trainers/professors/speakers Facilitating online training for multiple participants at the same time

24. Key Features (1) Creation of a virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple physical classrooms and remote locations Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save, Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and editing tools Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures, animations and movies stored in personal repositories

25. Key Features (2) Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures Working with multi-page notebooks Defining and accessing multi-page virtual devices and dynamically assigning areas on each physical device to any page of any virtual device

26. Scenario: Training session Event: Instructor-led training Location(s): Multiple premises Need: Reducing travel and living costs, as well as travel time for the trainer and participants Participants: Any type of trainees Solution: Interactive remote training using LiveStudies

27. IN BUSINESS

28. Benefits (1) Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face business meetings Access to a complete memo of the meeting by keeping the record of the entire meeting, including the notes of each participant The meeting can continue in a new session by extracting, annotating, highlighting or commenting the previous session topics Use of mobile devices and mixing traditional business meetings with mobility and flexibility

29. Benefits (2) Team up more easily for distance projects Immediate feedback from decision makers Providing clarity to the meetings or work sessions by structuring the information on pages, similar to a flipchart

30. Key Features (1) Reading, writing, drawing, exchanging ideas and more Sharing ideas on the interactive whiteboards, tablets or any other touch devices Keeping the activity history and repository using the Save, Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Defining and accessing multi-page virtual devices and dynamically assigning areas on each physical device to any page of any virtual device

31. Key Features (2) Using all tools for writing on the touch sensitive surfaces in a similar manner to the conventional flipchart writing surfaces Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface Organizing groups that interact simultaneously on different virtual devices during a session Tracking the meeting and resuming it in a new session while using all previous contributions Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube Import already built powerpoint presentations directly on the public board

32. Key Features (3) Accessing the personal document repository for additional materials and presentation objects Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures, animations and movies Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures

33. Scenario: Operational Management Event: Operational meeting Location(s): Multiple premises Need: Coordination of operational activities, frequent meetings Participants: Company managers, employees Solution: Centralized management and coordination using LiveStudies

34. Multiple virtual devices, multiple pages, multiple groups per session

35. Delivery Model Client-Server technology Delivery:  On user’s premises  In the cloud Hardware environment based on touch-sensitive devices and multimedia endpoints (in the same or different locations)

36. System components / Requirements PC or Mobile device with LiveStudies software installed Projector + Screen or Display Audio / Video system Internet connection Smart Board

37. Recommended hardware (1) Large surfaces as whiteboards / smartboards  Electronic whiteboards linked to a Windows 7 Pro computer  Large screens connected to a Windows 7 Pro computer and portable electronic whiteboards  Projectors and portable electronic whiteboards connected to a Windows 7 Pro computer Medium devices as personal whiteboards  Windows 7 Pro computer systems with touch sensitive screens  Windows 7 Pro computer system with an electronic pad with pen

38. Recommended hardware (2) Portable devices as electronic whiteboards  Windows 8 tablets Portable devices as electronic notebooks  iPad  Android tablets (coming soon)

39. System Configuration (Example)

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