Programs University of Southern California Widespread adoption of Internet access makes it feasible to deliver instruction to a worldwide audience. Webcasting is the process whereby lectures are directly encoded into digital form, tranformed into streaming format for delivery to sites with either a high or low speed connection. Webcasting allows students to view lectures at any time and at any place where Internet access is available. This semester USC is webcasting 15 courses and we expect to webcast our entire graduate curriculum next year. In this talk I will discuss initial reactions of the students to our webcast.
Early results indicate that most are pleased with the quality and appreciative of the flexibility.
There appears to be little interest on their part in increasing the interaction between professor and student, despite the availability of email, chat, shared desktops, and even video teleconferencing.