Master Preparation via Internet

Overview

UMBC is offering a version of Master Preparation over the internet as follows:

Lectures are videotaped and broadcast over the MBone digital multimedia broadcast technology. Starting May 10, 1996, broadcasts will be Friday afternoons beginning at 3:30pm EST (19:30 GMT).
Grandmaster Smirin will conduct office hours over the ICC (Internet Chess Club). These office hours will take place Friday afternoons, 2-3pm (EST), before the MBone broadcasts.
Course materials are available over WWW (the World Wide Web). See Master Preparation pages from http://umbc.edu/chess/
Participants may ask questions off-line via email to chess@umbc.edu
Course announcements are broadcast over the mailing list MasterPrep@lists.umbc.edu
This list is also used for discussion among participants. To subscribe, send email with message body subscribe MasterPrep to majordomo@lists.umbc.edu
Participants may purchase copies of the videotapes; UMBC can mail or express mail the videotapes anywhere in the world. The cost, including mailing and handling, is $29.95 each ($19.95 each if entire set of 12 tapes is ordered). To order video tapes, please contact UMBC Continuing Education:
Tele: (410) 455-2336, Fax: (410) 455-1074
Email: virden@umbc.edu
Given the experimental nature of this venture in distance education, no fees are charged this semester for the internet version.

MBone Information

general info
technical information
seminars: countdown list
agenda and booking seminars
Mailing list for Mbone announcements and scheduling: rem-conf@es.net To subscribe, send the message subscribe loginname to rem-conf-request@es.net
References. See also: Eriksson, Hans, ``MBone: The Multicast Backbone,'' Communications of the ACM (August 1994), 54-60.

Closed-Circuit TV Information

MasterPreparation is also broadcast on the UMBC cable TV system, which connects to dorm lobbies, lecture halls, and various offices. Check the schedule for broadcast times.