Development of a Prototype and Experimental Results on a Remote Education Support System Applying Multimedia Technology

We have developed a prototype system (experimental model) of a remote education support system having function of interaction between teacher and student. As a resvlt of our studies for making concept of a new method which has effective use of multimedia technology, our model has a good combination of both characteristics of current satellite communication line and ground network line.The results of the experiment of the remote education lecture using the prototype are described in this paper together with an outline of the development on the prototype system.Judging from the experimental results, we confirm that this model has possibility and effectiveness which can achieve the function of the interaction by using the current satellite communication and ground network system.