Description To perform their functions effectively, researchers utilizing ARL MSRC HPC facilities need to keep apprised of the latest techniques, methodologies, and content regarding their CTA area as it relates to capability computing. Many of the ARL MSRC's users are not located near the ARL facility and quite a few of PET's training participants must travel to the APG area to attend courses, an inconvenience, which has affected overall attendance. Due to cost considerations for both the ARL PET Program and its training participants, ARL PET Training Team will focus on making information and training available to users at a distance. Delivery Modes Courses delivered at a distance can either be broadcast for real-time participation, or captured for students' use at a later time. Synchronous delivery uses a broadcasting tool to deliver a course to remote participants while it is simultaneously being taught by an instructor, often with a live student audience.
Students interact immediately with an instructor for questions and comments.
This can occur even though students in a synchronously delivered distance learning course often participate in their own office or personal space. Asynchronous delivery captures a course and makes it available to a group of students at a later time. Students in asynchronous courses not only participate in courses in their own personal space, but also at their own pace. As students' questions arise, instructors are often available via on-line chat rooms, email, or telephone office hours. Previous ARL PET Training Team efforts utilized both synchronous and asynchronous delivery methods or video teleconferencing mechanisms such as PictureTel.