If you have any questions, please contact me. Many educators and technologists developing distance learning programs are unfamiliar with previous research and experimental results in pedagogy, technology, and operations related to distributed collaboration and distance learning. Distance learning began over a hundred years ago with correspondence courses. The introduction of television and video conferencing technology created new opportunities for delivering education. Many universities and companies are using these technologies to deliver remote instruction.
Many questions remain about educational effectiveness and costs.
This tutorial will present a broad introduction and survey of many topics in distance learning ranging from pedagogy to technology including both studio classroom design and operational issues. The first topic covered will be past results from deploying distance and asynchronous learning technologies. In addition, learn about successful synchronous distance learning strategies that work with either television or video conferencing technologies. The second topic covered will be room design and cost. The basic equipment needed to produce video conferences and webcasts will be described and solutions to common problems will be discussed.