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Download full textBurton, Douglas; Kitchen, Tim – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Software allowing real-time online video connectivity is rapidly evolving. The ability to connect students, staff, and guest speakers instantaneously carries great benefits for the online distance education classroom. This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: "DimDim", "Elluminate VCS",…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Distance Education, Computer Software, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkLiu, Yan; Wang, Xinheng; Zhao, Liqiang – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
In this paper, a video streaming system for education based on a wireless mesh network is proposed. A wireless mesh network is a self-organizing, self-managing and reliable intelligent network, which allows educators to deploy a network quickly. Video streaming plays an important role in this system for multimedia data transmission. This new…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Synchronous Communication
De Lucia, A.; Francese, R.; Passero, I.; Tortora, G. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
Mobile devices are changing the way people work and communicate. Most of the innovative devices offer the opportunity to integrate augmented reality in mobile applications, permitting the combination of the real world with virtual information. This feature can be particularly useful to enhance informal and formal didactic actions based on student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Student Participation, Cooperative Learning
Izenstark, Amanda K. – Public Services Quarterly, 2009
With virtual library services increasing, public services librarians may find themselves with questions such as: What instant messaging services (IM) are available? Which IM service would best suit my patrons' needs? Which IM service best suits my library's technology profile? This column describes the features and functionality of major instant…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Services, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software Evaluation
Lowes, Susan – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2008
Online and face-to-face courses are often viewed and studied as two distinct worlds, but the social field of the teacher who teaches them may well include both, and both the teacher and the courses he or she teaches may be transformed by the movement from one environment to the other. Susan Lowes explores this two-way interaction between…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Virtual Classrooms
Schwartz, Linda; de Schutter, Adrienne; Fahrni, Patricia; Rudolph, Jim – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
Two contrasting additions to the online audio market are reviewed: "iVocalize", a browser-based audio-conferencing software, and "Skype", a PC-to-PC Internet telephone tool. These products are selected for review on the basis of their success in gaining rapid popular attention and usage during 2003-04. The "iVocalize" review emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Teleconferencing, Audio Equipment, Computer Software Evaluation
Lonchamp, Jacques – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2006
Future CSCL technologies are described by the community as flexible, tailorable, negotiable, and appropriate for various collaborative settings, conditions and contexts. This paper describes the key design issues of a generic synchronous collaborative learning environment, called Omega+. In this approach, model-based genericity is applied to the…
Descriptors: Models, Design Requirements, Evaluation Methods, Educational Technology
