Adaptive Multimedia Education Enabler (AMEE)


Craig Montgomerie and Tom Keenan

University of Alberta
E-mail: Craig.Montgomerie@ualberta.ca and keenan@acs.ucalgary.ca
URL: http://amee.com

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:

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.

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