The interactive video, in e-learning environments, offers significantly better learning performance and a higher level of learner satisfaction as compared to traditional way of teaching. Aruba Networks (News - Alert), Inc. today announced that it, along with several application partners, delivered the next-generation classroom experience at the University of Ottawa.
According to a press release, validated by the university information technology (IT) department, the classroom experience consisted of six leading multimedia educational applications delivered to 100 iPads.
“The devices that students use and the way that they use them have shifted dramatically in the last two years,” said Sylvain Chalut, chief information officer for the University of Ottawa. “Where we used to see about 75 percent laptops and 25 percent desktops, we now see maybe 50 percent laptops and the rest using other mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Students used to scramble for the library and the computer lab between classes, but that is over. We once had a list of ‘approved devices’ that could access the network. Those days are behind us.”
These applications are delivered simultaneously to all 100 iPads with the highest quality and without any noticeable jitter, delay or frame loss. As measured by VeriWave (News - Alert) WaveInsite, 100 percent of the iPads passed the multimedia Service Level Agreement (SLA).
The University of Ottawa deployed latency-sensitive mobile apps such as high-definition (HD) video over iPads in a high-density client environment. Using this 100 iPad setup as the baseline, organizations across verticals can confidently deliver a multimedia-grade Wi-Fi experience for hundreds of mobile users in high-density client environments.
The Aruba MOVE architecture differentiates itself from others by enabling context-aware networking services, identifying the user, device, application and location and optimizing the access network for multimedia applications.
“The University of Ottawa demonstration showed the power of the Aruba MOVE architecture for supporting IOS applications in dense environments,” said Robert Fenstermacher, marketing director for Aruba. “Application fingerprinting was used to automatically prioritize Apple (News - Alert) Facetime over other traffic, ensuring a high-quality video conferencing experience over Wi-Fi.”
In other company news, TMCnet reported that Aruba Networks, Inc. unveiled the Aruba AirMesh outdoor wireless solutions portfolio.
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