A third use for educational telecommunications is the virtual classroom, otherwise known as distance learning classrooms.
Students can share between themselves, or the teacher can present simultaneously to numerous sites.
One appealing advantage of this form of collaboration is its ability to transmit text and graphics in addition to live audio and video. These images, as well as keyboarded entries and graphic images, may be saved by each participant on demand. This article and all its parts are copyrighted by the author, Kathy Zajac Schaw Contact her for reprint permission.