Megaconference

[Eric Miller <>]

Dear Megacon Community,

Hello!  I am teaching at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
( www.iitm.ac.in ) (in Chennai) these days, and have been called
upon to arrange a videoconference for the 30-odd undergrad
Engineering students in a Communication Class.  Sometime in
Sept.  This is just to demonstrate videoconferencing for them
(and faculty), to enable them to experience a good conversa-
tional videoconference.

I would be most grateful for any suggestions -- of what might
be interesting for the students on the India side (and for the
students on the other side?).

The IIT-M has plenty fast Internet, so this would not not be
an issue it seems. 

It would be nice to do a live relay webcast of the videoconference,
so other people around India and elsewhere could send in e-mails
to be responded to during the event.

A recording of a videoconference I helped to arrange last year
(between people at IIT-M and Indiana U) is accessible at
http://tinyurl.com/archived-webcast-of-videoconf .
Info about the event is at
http://www.storytellinginstitute.org/36.html .

Many thanks,

- Eric
Chennai (on India's southeast coast)

Dr Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore)
www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com

Director, World Storytelling Institute,
and Chennai Storytelling Association,
www.storytellinginstitute.org

Co-facilitator, Indian Storytelling Network,
www.indianstorytellingnetwork.org

> From:
> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:11:19 -0400
> To:
> Subject: [Megacon] linking up with developing countries
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm working to support a number of faculty who are interested in co-teaching classes with institutions in less-developed countries.
>
> We're finding that available connection speeds in these locations are either quite slow (256K uplink, for example), or insanely expensive ($4500/month for 512/256), or both.
>
> It's my understanding that H.323 is going to want a symmetric 1Mbps link to run properly.
>
> What are others doing to solve problems of this kind?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Todd
>
> Todd L. Austin
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