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Foil 16 Lessons Learned

From Experiences using TangoInteractive in Distance Education Education Session SC98 Orlando -- November 8-12 1998. by Nancy McCracken


1 Challenge to instructor's style:
  • Give correctly-paced lectures without as many feedback cues from audience.
  • Need to keep to the point: digressions, which may be helpful in a standard lecture, tend to lose students.
  • Video and occasional face-to-face meetings important for "bonding" process.
2 Stable network environment is essential.
  • Technical support includes network administrator and remote lab technician.
  • 30 Kbps minimum for audio. 100 Kbps minimum for video.
3 Local mentor is also important keeping students "on track".
4 Various improvements were added to the Tango applications as the courses progressed. One was to add intructor's "pointer" to WebWisdom.

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