My students will participate in West Virginia University's first live two-way computer lecture in April when Benjamin C. Ray at the University of Virginia makes a presentation to my class in Morgantown on American civil religion. Current video transmission speeds across the internet make for choppy images even under the best conditions. Consequently, the universities are arranging for two-way transmissions over an ISDN phone line. The line will allow for significantly faster scanning speeds and a smoother-running video image at both ends of the network. These costs are likely to drop significantly in the next few years.
Classical education is alive and well.
The internet furnishes an unprecedented means for collaboration, not only among religion scholars but between instructors and the students they serve. Their potential remains largely untapped in the humanities, but as more scholars venture out onto the information superhighway, we will witness a gradual shift in the way we convey ideas with each other and with our students. Read an article in the University of North Carolina Daily Tar Heel. Peer Review about the Experience site from the Crossroads American Studies Web.