Design and implementation of important applications in a Java-based multimedia digital classroom

Presents important issues in the design and implementation of a multimedia digital classroom (MDC) system, together with its applications. The MDC system is implemented in the Java language. It aims at providing important tools to support a distributed interactive education environment. The system consists of a classroom manager and some powerful teaching application tools. The classroom manager is a sharing system with a database. The teaching application tools include a multimedia Internet browser, a shared white-board, multi-channel audio conferencing, a World Wide Web-based note-taking system and an instruction evaluation system. The MDC system and these application tools have been implemented and tested in a heterogeneous environment where workstations and PCs are connected through networks.