Some expressed their feeling as awkward. Also, there is difficulty in troubleshooting, not knowing where the problem lies when a failure occurs. Teaching Style Distance education efforts should be learner focused, with teachers providing an environment for interactive learning. Our informants recognized the need to enhance their presentations, to become more polished, more animated, and to maintain a smooth camera image. The lack of a mission statement calling for greater use of TTVN technology in Extension and research is evident.
Current usage is by individual choice.
While use of this technology is embraced by a few individuals who are willing to take risks, many others continue to work with traditional methods. Regularly scheduled blocks of time for university courses severely limited the scheduling options available for other uses. It is foreseeable that in order to ensure an increase in Extension use of the TTVN system, including Extension outreach and scientific collaboration, another connection to support an additional ELMO document camera and monitor located in a second classroom must be provided. Scheduling The current scheduling system is unsatisfactory and does not allow for the needs of Extension or research priorities. Short of establishing a second TTVN site, reservation of time slots should be made for non-university, Center activities to ensure that predictable blocks of time are available for scientific collaboration and Extension work.