Web Conference SEAMEO SEAMOLEC

B. BBB

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing technology, could be accessed at http:www. bigbluebutton.org. BigBlueButton supports multiple audio-video sharing, presentations with extended whiteboard capabilities pointer, zooming and drawing, public and private chat, desktop sharing, integrated VoIP using FreeSWITCH, and support presentation PDF and Microsoft Ofice documents. Moreover, users may enter the conference in one of two roles: viewer or moderator. As a viewer, a user may join the voice conference, share their webcam, raise their hand, and chat with others. As a moderator, a user may mute unmute others, eject any user from the session, and make any user the current presenter. The presenter may upload slides and control the presentation. Although its components are open source, the BigBlueButton client depends on a browser plug-in for the Adobe Flash platform. The BigBlueButton server runs on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit and could be installed either from source code or from Ubuntu packages. BigBlueButton is also downloadable as a Virtual Machine VM that runs within VMware Player on PC and Unix computers and within VMWare Fusion on Macs. The BigBlueButton server could also run within a cloud environment, such as Amazon EC2, by installing it on an Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit instance. As a BigBlueButton clients for web conference activities, users need to prepare: ► Desktop Computer PC Laptop Netbook. ► OS: Windows, Mac, Linux. ► Internet browser: Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc. ► Internet connections min 0.50Mbps downup ► Headset attached to the laptop or microphone built-in speaker. ► Sound System optional. The participants are able to join the BigBlueButton discussion through provided URL. After pressing the provided URL, they have to activate microphone and web cam to join the discussion. BigBlueButton installed in SEAMOLEC Server and demo meeting could be accessed at http:webinar1. seamolec.org. Web conference using BigBlueButton has been utilized by SEAMOLEC for SEA EduNet 2.0 program: Digital-age Teaching Learning Models that connected with several educational institutions in Thailand Bangkok and Hat Yai, Singapore, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur and Kinabalu, Cambodia, Philippines Manila and Davao, Myanmar, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, and Serbia. Besides that, SEAMOLEC utilized BigBlueButton to assist Indonesian Police University PerguruanTinggi IlmuKepolisian for distance learning linked with 33 provinces in Indonesia. SEAMOLEC assisted Indonesian School in Beograd Serbia to install BigBlueButton to serve Indonesian students in London, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Swiss, Rome, Prague, Vienna, Bucharest, and Sarajevo.

C. Cisco WebEx

Cisco WebEx is a company that provides on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and video conferencing applications. Its products include Meeting Center, Training Center, Event Center, and more. WebEx can help any small business, teleworker or home user conduct their business meetings more professionally and eficiently. WebEx sell their services whit a verity of prices. For Southeast Asia, WebEx has server in Malaysia, which allows users in Southeast Asia get good service. WebEx is supported by a strong Internet cloud, it makes WebEx can be accessed easily and lightly accessible with 50 bitssecond SEAMOLEC is using WebEx for online training: Digital Simulation Training SIMDIG with 25 Quality Education Assurance Institutes Lembaga Penjamin Mutu Pendidikan in Indonesia. Another web conference is utilized for health seminars between Philippines and Indonesia with several participants from STIKES Budi Luhur, Bandung; 5 Health Vocational High School. The last web conference is for the Seminar on Scientiic Journal Writing by Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia that connected to 15 locations in Indonesia.

D. SMS SEAMOLEC Multi Studio

The development of technology, particularly information technology has changed the paradigm of learning, the ways of work and the implementation in teaching and learning process. We could see e-Book, e-learning, cyber campus, SEA cyber class and streaming learning material, etc. The Information and Communication Technology ICT is supported by three components: computer, communication and content. Content is very huge and should be designed to meet the need of clients. SEAMOLEC still conducts the SEAMOLEC Multi Studio SMS training course, this application is used to be streaming video for teaching and learning process. SMS is an integrative service for teachers, lecturers, tutors, students, and learning communities in Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries. Teaching and Learning with multimedia and video streaming is very rare on the internet. ICT-based learning using video streaming need to be implemented because education could not be served as conventional way. SMS needs to get special designed as an alternative in the way to improved pedagogical competence. SEAMOLEC has conduct SMS training at 19 educational institutions in Indonesia, several education institutions in Southeast Asian Countries and Australia. The trainings purposes is expected that educational institutions could share their learning material with other institution by online. SMS training also has been conducted in several Universities and Polytechnics in Indonesia. This program to support continuing vocational education that has assign by Directorate of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture to increase the participation rate in higher education. Below is the University that has been conducted SMS training by SEAMOLEC: