Teleteaching anywhere solution kit (Tele-TASK) goes mobile

Abstract

Tele-TASK is a tool for recording lectures and presentations. It does not only record the audio and video of the speaker but also everything happening on the presenter's computer. No matter if he is showing a Powerpoint presentation, a software demo or even the BIOS configuration of the computer, tele-TASK is able to record, encode and stream the whole presentation out of the box. The result is one synchronized and platform independent multimedia video in the RealMedia format. Hundreds of Tele-TASK lectures are already available online (http://www.tele-task.de. Apple has a big success with the release of the iPod series and accessories. It enables the user to carry around music and videos, play them back while he is on bus or even use it as a digital multimedia library accessible via your TV set. Unfortunately the video iPod is neither able to play videos encoded in Real format nor to play back several videos at once. Current development in e-learning technologies aims to make learning and teaching available everywhere. In the stream of this evolution, the Web-University Project at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute explores and studies novel Internet- and IT-technologies with the aim to enhance university teaching and research. This paper describes how we extended our teleteaching system to supply the learner not only with streaming media but also with additional iPod-ready lecture recordings and presentations in order to enable mobile learning wherever the learner likes to.