Students can access the information on a laptop computer including all the instructor's notes. Instructors write on a blank electronic whiteboard or on prepared slides. A computer program records the written notes from the whiteboard, electronic annotations, audio, video and even Web-browser activity. After a lecture, a computer program automatically weaves the recorded events together into a set of standard Web pages. A time line provides an index to the video, slides and any Web pages visited during the lecture.
Students can replay the entire lecture or any part of it at their own pace.
Students and instructors can also go back later to re-create and review what happened in class, reinforcing the learning experience. Researchers are studying the effects of Classroom 2000 on the learning process, focusing on classes held at Georgia Tech. Data was collected by three different methods. Students participating in Classroom 2000 facilities for at least 10 weeks have been surveyed, going back to the Fall 1997 quarter, and including Spring and Fall quarters in 1998. They are very favorable.