Video Bridge

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The Theory

The term "videobridge" as opposed to "videoconferencing" signifies that there is something happening at local scale, which we are simply enhancing (or enabling) by a "bridge".(while a videoconference is primarily an event in virtual space. Television in two generations life has shaped methods of transmitting content and atmosphere of events that can be applied by skilled people at local level to share and connect learning communities. That could be a lecture at a university or at a conference, or a special meeting on a special subject, or simply a come-together of a local group. At the other end of the line there are complementary activities. Thus a videobridge is simply the enhancment of the possibilities of a local (mostly educational) place by tying in happenings from elsewhere or sharing local events with those elsewhere

Existing Problems

While Videobridges can dramatically expand the learning opportunities in any given place, there are some obstacles:

• availability of broadband connection in rural areas
• price of hardware involved
• ability of local institutions to serve manifold educational needs
• incentive to produce quality content

Proposed Way

- to apply the theory to those existing problems, the context or pre-requisites for this solution

Related Existing Work

- that verifies feasability with context summary of links to those references

Related Existing Data

- or facts that support theory

Existing constraints

- and barriers to deploying

Related Existing Work that Argues Against

- theory (or summary and link to a place where this already exists)

Facts and Data

- that support arguments against theory

Brief Summary

- about how this is related to Open Source Ecology (Relevance to OSE) core values

Links

- to partner site references