QUIC Briefing Paper: Using Access Grid Technology for the Provision of Software Training

Access Grid Nodes (AGNs) are devices enabling visual images and audio to be exchanged in real time between different computers. Cameras and microphones relay images of participants, and their utterances, to other AGN sites, without limits on how many sites can be connected. AGNs provide large format images and high fidelity sound, aiming to make AGN communication as much like being co-present as possible. Images of computer displays, such as presentation slides, can also be displayed, so everyone involved can see common objects. For more information on AG technology see http://www.accessgrid.surrey.ac.uk/whatis.html