1. E-L V.1 e-Learning : The Time is Now Samuel Lo Academic & Research Industry Sun Microsystems Greater China

2. E-L V.1 What will I cover Trends In e-Learning What is Driving eLearning Trend? Technology Advances Enabling New Ways of Delivering Education Distance Learning Challenges Facing the Challenges e-Learning : Powered by Sun Scott McNealy’s vision for Education

3. E-L V.1 Global Nature of the Internet 199719981999 1.23M 2.04M 3.65M Worldwide Web Growth (Millions of Unique Sites) The Internet is Expanding Rapidly

4. E-L V.1 Consider this ….. 67,000 new Internet users per day 350 Million Internet users by 2002 Half Billion mobile phone users by 2002 35% of workers will be mobile by 2002 10,000 Web sites per week 3.5 Billion emails in 1998 1 Trillion plus emails by 2003 Worldwide mobile revenues exceed land line by 2004 Webtone > Dialtone

5. E-L V.1 WW Distance Learning Trend “By 2002, over 80 percent of colleges will be offering distance learning courses, up from 58 percent in 1998” “Online Distance Learning in Higher Education 1998-2002” Gartner Group

6. E-L V.1 What is Driving Distance Learning Trend ? Increasing Competition Demand for Lifelong Learning Decreasing Funds for “Brick and Mortar” Demand to be More Learner-Centered Globalization

7. E-L V.1 Technology Advances Enabling New Ways of Delivering Education Audio Conferencing Video Conferencing Satellite Chat Rooms Web-based Training Video Tape/Audio Tape CD-ROM Internet/Intranet VOD Email Classroom Kiosk Learning Center Library Lab Different Place Same Place Same Time Different Time

8. E-L V.1 Universal Access & Communication ServicesServices datacenter.comdatacenter.com webtop.comwebtop.com DL Portal

9. E-L V.1 Distance Learning Challenges Reducing per-student costs Making educational opportunities more affordable for students Increasing institution enrollments Increasing student access by reducing time constraints for course taking Increasing student access by making courses available at convenient locations Increasing institution's access to new audiences Improving the quality of course offerings Meeting the needs of local employers

10. E-L V.1 Facing the Challenges Distance Learning Challenge Suggested Solutions High-quality content development -Java Technology -Partnerships with third- party ISVs Reliable high-volume delivery of course materials -Sun WebServer -Netra Internet servers -High Availability servers Protection of administrative data and intellectual property -Solstice Security Manager -SunScreen products -Solstice Firewall -High Availability servers

11. E-L V.1 Facing the Challenges – cont. Distance Learning Challenge Suggested Solutions Network administration and network uptime Solstice Site Manager, Domain Manager, Enterprise Manager, CC Manager & Backup Scalable, highly reliable infrastructure -Scalable servers -Sun Site Manager -Sun Domain Manager Need for interactivity-SunForum Electronic commerce-Java Commerce Delivery of library support services -Java Technology -Sun WebServer -Partnerships with third- party library s/w vendors

12. E-L V.1 e-Learning : Powered By Sun A Virtual Visit from IT Support DesktopStreaming (DTS), a distance learning tool introduced recently by Expercity, allows a support representative, IT guru, or computer science professor to see and control a customer, employee, field agent, or student’s desktop remotely, over the Internet Visit http://www.expertcity.com

13. E-L V.1 e-Learning : Powered By Sun – cont. Attending Class at the Student’s Convenience “Classroom Instruction on Demand” (CIoD) Program, from the University of the America (UDLA), Puebla – To provide students with a user-friendly environment while avoiding the costs and troubles of traditional PCs (e.g. viruses, loss of local data, costly software upgrades and support) Visit http://www.callisto.ca

14. E-L V.1 e-Learning : Powered By Sun – cont. Attending Class at the Student’s Convenience The Columbia Business School in New York City is one of several institutions using Prometheus, an Internet-based online course software product, to deliver online course management and related functions for its students, faculty and staff Visit http://www.gsb.columbia.edu and http://www.prometheus.comhttp://www.gsb.columbia.edu

15. E-L V.1 e-Learning : Powered By Sun – cont. Broadband learning, simplified The award-winning Kasenna MediaBase allows users to consolidate the various streaming filetypes (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, QuickTime 4, MP3, and Real) under one web-based interface and one server, to schedule webcasts and live multicasts and to request video-on-demand, all at bit rates from 8 kbps to over 8Mbps. Visit http://kasenna.comhttp://kasenna.com

16. E-L V.1 For More Information Sun: http:// www.sun.com/edu IMS: http://www.imsproject.org JLEARN: http://jlearn.mit.edu JMF: http://java.sun.com/jdchttp://java.sun.com/jdc KMI: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/stadium

17. E-L V.1 Scott McNealy’s vision for Education Put everything on the Net Invest in Bandwidth. Invest in digital curriculum. Build everything to open standards. Outsource anything that isn’t core to what you do. Take advantage of free software. Create portals for your communities Teach Java. Move to a utility model of computing We’re in the post-PC era – Deal with it

18. E-L V.1 Samuel Lo Samuel.lo@asia.sun.com