Design and development of an user agent for streaming lectures - a South African case study

Abstract

The Internet today is recognized as the network that is fundamentally changing social, political and economic 2. Justification structures. Its ability to transcend geographic borders and limitations makes it one of the greatest equalizers this civilization has seen. In this paper we discuss research that takes advantage Therevare several applications in the market that can be used of the robustness of the Internet by developing a SIP based VoIP to provide interactivity to live streaming to the schools but due application that will be used as an interaction tool for rural to price and proprietary issues we thought building our own learners receiving streaming lectures via the Internet. We use SIP client, would be advantageous in terms of developing a open source and standards based software in developing this locally contextualized application. This approach has also application.* added the benefit to develop local technical expertise in the African continent and a deeper understanding of this fairly Keywords -VoIP , Distance Education, SIP, Open Source, new field, in this part of the world.Rural ICT Development.