1. Background
INTERNET modern network technology, especially rapid development is profoundly change people's lives, learning, work, a variety of Internet-based applications are constantly emerged. Online Distance Education as a new teaching model, breaks down the time, geographical restrictions, full use of school resources, is a network of teaching using new network applications.
2. Network Application Notes
Online Distance Education College of Fujian Normal University, dedicated to distance education since the establishment of the building, in September 2001 has built a campus network as the central node Normal, relying on the southeast Fujian Province Education and Research Network and Cable TV backbone fiber optic network, set up covering the whole Province-wide distance education network. Fujian Normal University, taking into account the maturity of the technology products, Polycom, stability, ease of use and its products in domestic and international leading market share and a lot of success stories and excellent after-sales service, choose Polycom's MGC-100 Type MCU and ViewStation H.323 terminal to complete the two-way video conference teaching function. Province using H.323 protocol, taking into account Taiwan's need to carry out distance education abroad, Fujian Normal University, conducted two-way ISDN based video conferencing system, the master node in the center of National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan between the ISDN line with two 128K connected to school teachers in the center of Taiwan's students to achieve e-learning in Taiwan.
With the development of distance learning in 2003 to purchase 30 sets ViewStation H.323 video conferencing terminals, of which 24 units will be deployed in the new teaching point.