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Foil 3 Traditional Approaches to Distance Learning

From Remarks on Distance Learning NCSA Visit and SU teaching Tools -- Sept 25 and Nov 6 97. by Marek Podgorny (Geoffrey C. Fox)


1 Desktop videoconferencing
  • Poor instructor control
    • Difficult to accommodate multiple video windows on teacher's console
    • Hence, limited student verification
  • Low content retention
    • no associated textual material
  • Little or none multimedia interaction
  • Limited to a small number of students
  • Poor quality for software-only solutions, expensive for hardware solutions

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