We taught the first televised courses in the nation on KUHT over fifty years ago. Now, new computer technologies shape not the mission of distance ed, but its repertoire. UH has been exploring Web-based delivery of courses for several years. Many faculty at least post syllabi and set up Web sites for their on-campus classes. Web delivery expands the potential distance in distance education.
Geographical distance becomes immaterial.
The UH College of Pharmacy partners with three other pharmacy schools in Texas to deliver distance courses leading to a doctor of pharmacy degree for practicing pharmacists around the state. Distance education at UH, which received a national award in 1996 as the best program of its type in the country, will continue to aim high and far to fulfill its mission. Streaming media is a new Web technology for which UH is in the vanguard. Streaming technology displays the content in real time, as the computer receives it, without saving everything in the computer first. Streaming is ideal for showing a lecture, seminar, or experiment in progress.