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News on January 19, 2001

Prime Minister Mahathir visited

Dr. Mahathir Mahamed, Prime Minister of Malaysia visited Shijonawate Campus in Osaka Electro-Communication University, January 19,2001.
(left:Prime Minister Mahathir, right:ECIP Director Katsuhide Tsuhima)
This visit of Prime Minister Mahathir was realized for key word "IT-Education": expanding information technology and education that supported it. Osaka Electro-Communication University has the advanced education system known as "OECU method", and has educated with it since 1978. In 2000, latest education system was installed No.6 building for "Department of Media-Information Culture" in Shijonawate campus. This system has many feature of suitable for media education. The computer has capability to triple boot Windows NT, Linux and BeOS, and these are chosen corresponding to the purpose. Therefore this system can support many media and possibilities of media learning. This is said to be the first official introduction of BeOS in the world.
In Creation Room, Prime Minister looked the animation lecture used Moho on BeOS and "Monitor-Matrix" to scan 9 monitors of student computer at a time.

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Prime Minister Mahathir entrance "Creation Room". explained "OECU method", "Triple Boot System" and "BeOS Symposium"	MPEG codec(91.5 MByte) Sorenson codec(45.2 MByte) Sorenson codec small size(19 MByte)
Mr. Tsushima explained "Monitor-Matrix".	MPEG codec(23.3 MByte) Sorenson codec(11 MByte) Sorenson codec small size(4.5 MByte)
Prime Minister watched Moho animation lecture.	MPEG codec(32.7 MByte) Sorenson codec(16 MByte) Sorenson codec small size(7.8 MByte)
Students asked Prime Minister.	MPEG codec(32 MByte) Sorenson codec(16 MByte) Sorenson codec small size(6.6 MByte)
Prime Minister asked students.	MPEG codec(13.1 MByte) Sorenson codec(6.6 MByte) Sorenson codec small size(2.7 MByte)

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Prime Minister listened to Director Tsushima explaining how "Monitor-Matrix" supported teacher.

Director Tsushima explained "Center Monitor".
"Center Monitor" most important part of "OECU method", teacher and students communicate through it.

After students asked Prime Minister, he asked them.

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