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ConferenceXP Proves Its Mettle
Distance learning. Transcontinental, collaborative instruction. Real-time distributed education. Connecting remote students and teachers. Musicians from disparate locations performing together via the Internet.These are just a few of the sorts of advances being made possible by ConferenceXP, a shared-source research platform from Microsoft Research that capitalizes on high-bandwidth networks and wireless environments to provide simple, flexible, and extensible conferencing and collaboration.
The ConferenceXP project explores how to make distance learning and collaboration a rich, compelling experience by assuming the availability of emerging and enabling technologies such as high-bandwidth networks, wireless devices, Tablet PCs, and advanced features in Windows XP.
The project has gained significant momentum in recent months. Most recently, in Australia, ConferenceXP won the Enabling Technology Award during the 2005 Northern Territory Information and Communications Technology Awards.
The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training modified ConferenceXP to work over satellite links for its School of the Air and is planning an extensive deployment to connect remote primary- and secondary-school students and teachers.
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