Switched on to culture

Article Abstract:

The highly intensive, advanced multimedia diploma course established by the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, in 1995, will produce its first graduates in Jan. 1996. Isabelle Fleuriot, one of the dozen students who paid 30,000 French francs for the course, believes that the diploma will give her an edge over many other people in television. Classes in high-level general culture and intellectual training are an important part of the course which includes the study of both online and offline media. Around half the students worked on Web sites for their trainee project while the other half worked on CD-Roms.

Schools, Study and teaching, Paris, France, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems

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Scope for a second French revolution

Article Abstract:

A learning theme park called Futuroscope has been set up near Poitiers, France. The park involves both entertainment and education, and has been successful. Researchers and academics use the park which also houses businesses. Electronic links allow French distance learning students to benefit from the park's facilities. An electronic campus is being set up for distance learning students following a study of new technology and distance learning.

Science and technology policy, Amusement parks, Distance education

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Auteurs of the superoute

Article Abstract:

France's Mediterranean science park, Sophia Antipolis, is currently developing its multimedia base, as part of plans to place it at the head of the European multimedia industry by the year 2000. Audiovisual indexing is one area of research; and while all the buildings in the park have fibre-optic lines, the park is looking to telecommunications companies for the installation of a highway of ultra-fast commercial cables out of Sophia Antipolis.

Planning, Telecommunications systems, Telecommunications, Telecommunication, Research parks

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