A NEW STEP IN LEARNING - A NEW INTERACTION EXPERIENCE

About us

Our vision: to create one world by bringing together the real and virtual dimensions

Our mission: to bring people together in the online world, by easing interaction and collaboration from different locations, in a natural and intuitive way

Our goal: to develop an online platform that offers face-to-face, synchronous and collaborative communication between remote contributors, working in the same virtual room, using touch technologies

The Motivation

The challenges of modern education and learning (public, private, corporate): economic, demographic, geographic, etc.

The contemporary challenges of people interactions, knowledge and information flow

The use of modern technologies to facilitate learning, interaction, knowledge exchange

Efficient and cost-effective environment, with global reach

Concepts in Learning – Interaction and Content

“Classical”Learning

(Trainer-Led)

e-Learning

Massive Open Online

Courses(MOOC)

Online Live

Learning(OLL)

The Idea

Defining a platform that supports a live, online, synchronous and interactive collaboration space for users

In a nutshell

Interactive platform that facilitates synchronous interaction between participants from remote locations in a mutual workspace

As participants interact in real time (audio/video), their actions are replicated on all connected devices

The Interface

FLIPBOARD• Editing, saving and restoring

the session• Accessing documents and

external files from Dropbox• Accessing the Internet• Work with external application• Changing the layout of the

workspace• Using clips directly from

YouTube• Import PowerPoint

presentations

CLIPBOARD• Notes and Comments• Instant access from

any page• Drag and drop

WORKBOARD• Interaction /

Contribution• Writing• Drawing• Object handling• Working with and on

multimedia files

COMMAND DECK• Multiple writing tools /

eraser• Multiple pages• Text recognition

Usage Contexts / Applicability

Education Virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple locations All the participants can work together on the same virtual blackboard All the participants can interact with the professor or with each other Storing the entire lecture for future reference

Tutoring Real time interaction using fixed or mobile devices The participants can work together on the same virtual notebook and on

individual virtual notebooks Save, Replay, Resume and Edit functions for the existing tutoring session

Training Performing remote trainings with participants from different locations Working simultaneously together on the same virtual device All the participants can read, write and draw on the same electronic notebook

Business Virtual meeting room for live sessions from multiple locations Simultaneous collaboration on the same virtual flipchart or whiteboard Storing the entire session for future reference

IN

EDUCATION

Benefits (1)

Broadening the geographical coverage and the market share of the educational institutions

Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face educational experience

Managing an educational facility much easier than in the case of franchising or overcrowded campuses

Leveraging the professorial core to new markets, offering access to top professors and increasing the number of students

Benefits (2)

Increasing productivity of schools and universities Providing a real-time insight into the student learning

experience Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with

the professors Facilitating distance

collaboration through

student group projects

Key Features (1)

Creation of a virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple physical classrooms and remote locations

Working together, learning and teaching by mutually using the board of the virtual classroom and the electronic notebooks of the students

Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save,

Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Organizing groups that interact simultaneously on the

virtual classroom board and different virtual notebooks during a classroom session

Key Features (2)

Access to the student’s individual notebook and the professor’s notebook

Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage

Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and editing tools

Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures,

animations and movies stored in personal repositories Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural

interface Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube

Scenario: Public Education / Remote schools

Event: School class Location(s): Remote educational facilities, isolated

locations Need: Reducing travel time and costs Participants: Students, pupils, teachers, professors Solution: Interactive remote courses using LiveStudies

IN

TUTORING

Benefits (1)

An all-round solution serving the needs of tutors, students and parents

Reducing costs and saving time while experiencing the same human interaction as in face-to-face tutoring sessions

Increase of the tutors’ visibility and coverage Online tutoring for multiple students at the same time Protecting the student and the tutor and increasing

parents’ confidence of the parents

Benefits (2)

Providing a real-time insight into the student learning experience

Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with the professors

Facilitating

distance collaboration

Key Features (1)

Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Access to the student’s individual notebook and the

professor’s notebook Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime,

anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save, Replay

and Edit functions for further review or sharing Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and editing

tools Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube Import already built powerpoint presentations directly on the

public board

Key Features (2)

Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures,

animations and movies stored in personal repositories Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures Working with multi-page notebooks Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural

interface

Scenario: Online tutoring

Event: Tutoring Session Location(s): The professor and the student are in

different locations (cities) Need: Reducing travel time and costs, access to top

professors Participants: Students, pupils, teachers, professors Solution: Interactive remote tutoring using LiveStudies

IN

TRAINING

Benefits (1)

Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face educational experience

Broadening the geographical coverage and the market share of the training companies

Providing a real-time insight into the training sessions Increasing the effectiveness of training Use of mobile devices and mixing traditional teaching

with mobility

Benefits (2)

Facilitating distance collaboration in group projects Enhancing learning through interactive collaboration with

the trainers/professors/speakers Facilitating online training

for multiple participants

at the same time

Key Features (1)

Creation of a virtual classroom for live sessions from multiple physical classrooms and remote locations

Reading, writing, drawing and exchanging knowledge Keeping learning and teaching history using the Save,

Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime,

anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage Use of fully and naturally customizable writing and

editing tools Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures,

animations and movies stored in personal repositories

Key Features (2)

Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface

Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures Working with multi-page notebooks Defining and accessing multi-page virtual devices and

dynamically assigning areas on each physical device to any page of any virtual device

Scenario: Training session

Event: Instructor-led training Location(s): Multiple premises Need: Reducing travel and living costs, as well as travel

time for the trainer and participants Participants: Any type of trainees Solution: Interactive remote training using LiveStudies

IN

BUSINESS

Benefits (1)

Reducing costs, saving time and experiencing the same human interaction as in the face-to-face business meetings

Access to a complete memo of the meeting by keeping the record of the entire meeting, including the notes of each participant

The meeting can continue in a new session by extracting, annotating, highlighting or commenting the previous session topics

Use of mobile devices and mixing traditional business meetings with mobility and flexibility

Benefits (2)

Team up more easily for distance projects Immediate feedback from decision makers Providing clarity to the meetings or work sessions

by structuring the information

on pages, similar

to a flipchart

Key Features (1)

Reading, writing, drawing, exchanging ideas and more Sharing ideas on the interactive whiteboards, tablets or

any other touch devices Keeping the activity history and repository using the

Save, Replay and Edit functions for further review or sharing

Easy access to saved collaboration sessions anytime, anywhere due to in-cloud availability / storage

Defining and accessing multi-page virtual devices and dynamically assigning areas on each physical device to any page of any virtual device

Key Features (2)

Using all tools for writing on the touch sensitive surfaces in a similar manner to the conventional flipchart writing surfaces

Integration of touch-sensitive devices through a natural interface

Organizing groups that interact simultaneously on different virtual devices during a session

Tracking the meeting and resuming it in a new session while using all previous contributions

Use content from external locations like Dropbox and youtube Import already built powerpoint presentations directly on the

public board

Key Features (3)

Accessing the personal document repository for additional materials and presentation objects

Loading, positioning, resizing and annotating pictures, animations and movies

Text recognition integrated with popular search engines Internet access to search or drag-and-drop pictures

Scenario: Operational Management

Event: Operational meeting Location(s): Multiple premises Need: Coordination of operational activities, frequent

meetings Participants: Company managers, employees Solution: Centralized management and coordination

using LiveStudies

Multiple virtual devices, multiple pages, multiple groups per session

Delivery Model

Client-Server technology

Delivery:

On user’s premises

In the cloud

Hardware environment based on touch-sensitive devices and multimedia endpoints (in the same or different locations)

System components / Requirements

PC or Mobile device with LiveStudies software installed Projector + Screen or Display Audio / Video system Internet connection Smart Board

Recommended hardware (1)

Large surfaces as whiteboards / smartboards Electronic whiteboards linked to a Windows

7 Pro computer Large screens connected to a Windows 7

Pro computer and portable electronic whiteboards

Projectors and portable electronic whiteboards connected to a Windows 7 Pro computer

Medium devices as personal whiteboards Windows 7 Pro computer systems with

touch sensitive screens Windows 7 Pro computer system with an

electronic pad with pen

Recommended hardware (2)

Portable devices as electronic whiteboards Windows 8 tablets

Portable devices as electronic notebooks iPad Android tablets (coming soon)

System Configuration (Example)

Presentation movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcUQHXi0xlE

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