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* [[teleteaching]] (all levels of technology)
* [[teleteaching]] (all levels of technology)
* [[e-tutoring]] (often with low end technology)
* [[e-tutoring]] (often with low end technology, see [[online video tutoring]]
* learner-to-learner interactions within [[project-oriented learning]] designs (see also more sophisticed groupware like [[cscw]])
* learner-to-learner interactions within [[project-oriented learning]] designs (see also more sophisticed groupware like [[cscw]])



Revision as of 11:29, 5 March 2010

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Definition

  • “A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. Pictures and sound are carried by the telecommunication network and such conferences can take place across the world.” (FolDoc
  • “A videoconference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called visual collaboration and is a type of groupware (Wikipedia, retrieved 19:16, 26 June 2006 (MEST)).

Use in education

Technology

  • See video streaming for all technical aspects related to videoconferencing
  • "Taped conferences" as e.g. in podcasting can be put on a normal webserver (but the user has to wait until the whole file is downloaded)

Links

General

Free products

Commercial Webservices

A new trend are services available over the web using a standard browser.

Commercial products

Most companies offer various variants, including e-learning solutions.