Efficient methods for skimming the Web-based synchronization multimedia lectures 

[[abstract]]With the development of streaming technologies and e-learning platforms, more and more multimedia lectures integrating different media are accessible on the web. The massive multimedia lectures with huge and lengthy media decrease the learning efficiency. In this paper, two access modes are provided to help users to search significant information in multimedia lectures rapidly. We apply the temporal relationship among multimedia to search information in different granularities, and detect the significant segments by the analysis concerning the intonation and navigation events of lecturers to offer the user an abridged version of to comprehend a multimedia lecture. The integration of these two modes has been practically applied to Web-based Synchronization Multimedia Lecture system for facilitating the access and browse of multimedia lecture.[[note]]SC