The Adaptive Multimedia Education Enabler, or AMEE, is a family of computer products designed to provide universal access to distance learning opportunities. This project is an exciting challenge for learners, communities, course providers and technology developers that demonstrates the value of the information highway as an educational thoroughfare.
AMEE is being created by consortium of seventeen companies, universities, schools and organizations primarily from Alberta which have pooled resources to fill a significant gap in the delivery of distance education. AMEE is being designed as a single interface which will provide an common bridge between course providers of distance education and the many types of computers in community learning centres and peoples' home.
AMEE will provide:
- a simple, effective interface for learners and educators using computers for distance education
- an interface product that can be adapted for any size of network
- a network product that will enable access to print, video, audio, text and multimedia learning tools
- scheduled delivery of those tools to learners regardless of the computer technology used at the learner's end
- The operation of AMEE will be effectively transparent to the user. The suite of applications that make up the interface will make distance learning services available on the Internet, through the user friendly programs currently available for browsing the World Wide Web.
The entire project, from system design to field trials, is scheduled for completion by the end of 1996, with the final product slated for implementation in 1997.
This project is funded in part by CANARIE, the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, industry and Education, and by the generous contributions of consortium members.