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Education
HD Visual Communications System
P. 1
Internet usage has greatly accelerated over the past few
years. Today, it's easier to connect with people both
inside national borders and all over the world, and the
range of uses will continue to expand.
Using broadband networks, the HD Visual
Communications System offers a stable connection and
a lifelike presence that both differ greatly from
conventional videoconferencing systems, making it a
unique tool for innovating the field of education.
The HD Visual Communications System invigorates
learning by allowing faraway people to connect and
communicate in real-time as if they were actually in the
same room.
Until now, the learning process in primary schools,
secondary schools, high schools and universities has
consisted of one-way teaching -- from teacher to
student. Even when lessons included discussions and
questions, they were almost totally limited to the
students and teachers themselves, and took place only
within the classroom.
Today, in a world that is connected by the Internet, we
need to bring greater openness to our education. It's
essential that we share, debate and cultivate knowledge
all over the world by experiencing world culture without
being limited to classrooms, regions, communities and
countries. The HD Visual Communications System is
designed precisely for this type of education.
[ High Schools, Universities and Technical Colleges ]
High schools, universities and technical colleges have a
large enrolment, and school buildings and campuses are
often located far from each other or dispersed over a
large area. It takes considerable time for teachers to
move between schools and campuses, so it can be very
difficult to standardise their educational levels.
Weaknesses also appear in teaching specialised subjects
when you are dealing only with the capabilities of a single
school.
The HD Visual Communications System solves problems
like these by greatly expanding the scope and
opportunities for learning and conducting research.
■ Bringing Dispersed Campuses Back Together
Many universities today are engaging in decentralisation.
For example, campuses are divided into specialised
departments, or satellite campuses are established. The
background to this trend is a diversification of
educational needs, and demands from students for more
diverse course selections, enabling them to take classes
outside of their specific field of study.
By using the HD Visual Communications System to
connect school buildings and conduct remote classes,
the closed environments of conventional campuses can
be transformed into organically linked venues that meet
diverse educational needs.
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■ Collaboration with Other Schools or
Companies in an Alliance
Many universities have developed alliances with each
other and with business-affiliated schools around the
world. Students can participate in remote classes and
seminars by using the HD Visual Communications
System, and share high-level knowledge over long
distances to attain specialised qualifications.
Joint research can also be conducted with private
companies, enabling intensive, detailed research based
on not only the school's own technical capabilities but
drawing from expertise outside of the school to meet
wide-ranging needs.
■ Research Centre and Seminar Links
By using the HD Visual Communications System to
provide close-knit exchanges between research centres
and seminars conducted on distant campuses, high-level
joint development and joint research projects can be
undertaken without having to physically move from place
to place. Also, by utilising the advantage of constant
Internet connection to link with distant laboratories, joint
research can be conducted naturally, as if everyone were
in the same room.
■ Special Lectures with Distinguished Instructors
The HD Visual Communications System also makes it
possible to hold remote classes with leading instructors,
authors and professors. Instructors who have specialised
skills are often busy travelling and do not have much
time, limiting the opportunities for students to receive
their valuable lectures. However, connection using the
HD Visual Communications System eliminates the need
for travel, making it easier to adjust their schedules.
■ Live Broadcasts for Ceremonies
Schools can be connected with dispersed campuses to
simultaneously conduct school-wide events like
graduation ceremonies. The activities can be shown live
to branch schools and other schools, and even to people
in the students' native countries. Because the images of
graduation and other ceremonies can be distributed
electronically, there are no space restrictions or
unnecessary travel for participants.
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■ Covering Specialised Areas
-- Like Music, Painting and Dance
Training can now be conducted through activities related
to music, painting and dance by connecting music
schools and art schools with the HD Visual
Communications System. Backed by a stable connection,
high image and sound quality, and minimal delay,
situations that used to require teachers to travel to
distant classrooms can now be carried out regardless of
the location.
[ Primary Schools and Secondary Schools ]
Until now, lessons in classrooms consisted of reading
from textbooks and looking at pictures to learn about
things like the earth's creatures, famous paintings, and
local and world culture.
Classes might visit museums, zoos or other nearby
public facilities as extracurricular activities, where the
students could see and learn about actual paintings,
fossils, and living creatures.
Now, the HD Visual Communications System promises
to greatly expand this traditional kind of education.
■ Exchanges with Other Schools, and Language and
Cultural Exchanges Between Schools from Other
Countries
The encounters that students have with other people
during their school years are one of the greatest
influences on their learning. Until now, many students
have grown up thinking that their school was basically
the whole world. By using the HD Visual
Communications System to connect them with people in
other areas or even other countries, and stimulate their
thinking, a whole new kind of chemical reaction will
occur between them. Classrooms will suddenly expand
and studying will become ever more enjoyable.
Also, learning how other people think is not only a major
plus for the students' psychological development, it helps
them to improve their natural learning skills by teaching
each other about culture and language.
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■ Cooperation and Study Between Teachers
The HD Visual Communications System also invites
teachers to share their knowledge. Teachers are busy
people. The time that they spend in lesson preparation
often makes it impossible to take study trips. Now, they
can boost their skills by linking up with and studying with
teachers anywhere in the world, without having to travel
at all.
■ Remote Caring for Students
Although therapists are needed in every school, there are
oftentimes just not enough to handle the entire student
body. By using the HD Visual Communications System
and receiving outside therapist support, a high level of
care can be provided for each and every student.
■ Connecting Schools and Public Facilities for
Extracurricular Lessons Without the Need to Travel
Public facilities like zoos, art museums, museums,
astronomical observatories, and aquariums can be
connected to schools with the HD Visual
Communications System to conduct classes with live
images. Question-and-answer sessions with personnel
from these facilities can also make classes more
informative and enjoyable.
Even in ordinary classes, connecting with universities,
music schools and art schools allows students to enjoy
high levels of specialised learning at primary and
secondary schools that simply wouldn't be possible with
a single teacher. By using interactive practice sessions
for subjects like music and art, highly skilled teachers
appearing on-screen can truly make classes come to life.
[ Summary ]
From now on, schools are going to be increasingly
expected to provide a wider scope of educational
opportunities for their students. The policies that many
schools have followed until now do not allow them to
distinguish themselves from other schools, and may
prevent them from keeping pace with modern trends.
There is a real need to use tools like the HD Visual
Communications System to enable active new learning
methods that raise the level of educational quality and
attract potential students.
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System Connection Diagram
HDMI Cable
HDMI Cable
HDMI Cable
Microphone Cable
Microphone Cable
HDMI Cable
VGA CableVGA Cable
Boundary Microphone
Boundary Microphone
Full HD Plasma TV Full HD Plasma TV
HD Camcorder 1
HD Camcorder 2
HD Camcorder 1
LAN Cable LAN Cable
Unit Unit
PC PC HD Camcorder 2
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HD Visual Communications System Features
■ High Image Quality
The HD Visual Communications System incorporates
high image quality technologies that Panasonic
developed and refined for VIERA and DIGA. Its 1080i
Full-HD images enable comfortable visual
communication.
■ High Sound Quality
The original Panasonic echo canceller ensures natural
two-way communication. Special microphones provide
stereo sound with remarkable presence for smooth
communication.
■ Stable Connection
Panasonic's original AV-QoS maintains stable connection
even when a best-effort Internet connection is used.
There will be no more annoying interruptions during
meetings, remote classroom sessions, or joint study
meetings.
■ Easy Operation
The graphic user interface (GUI) and remote control
feature Universal Design for easy operation by anyone.
■ Sub-Camera/PC Screen Display
When a sub-camera is connected, it is possible to zoom
in on an item so that discussions can be held on small
details with people at distant locations. There's no need
to provide a special overhead camera. An ordinary digital
video camera can be connected to the HD Visual
Communications System using an HDMI cable for easy
use whenever needed. The screen of a connected PC can
also be displayed for smooth communication.
■ Superb Expandability
A wide range of products, such as plasma display panels,
projectors, HD camcorders and integrated cameras, can
be connected according to specific needs.
For further information, visit the following website:
http://panasonic.net/psn/products/hdvc/index.html
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Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd.
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