Videoconferencing: Difference between revisions

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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)
* learner-to-learner interactions within [[project-oriented design]]s (see also more sophisticed groupware like [[cscw]])
* learner-to-learner interactions within [[project-oriented learning]] designs (see also more sophisticed groupware like [[cscw]])


== Links ==
== Links ==

Revision as of 11:07, 17 November 2006

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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

Links

General

Free products

Commercial products

  • WebEx
  • Centra, now a product line of Saba
  • Placeware, c.f. Microsoft