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What is Integrated Desktop Video Teleconferencing

Chapter 211
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Integrated desktop video teleconferencing, combining audio, video and data, is becoming increasingly popular. This technology allows users to see each other, speak to each other, transfer application files and work together on such files at a distance using their computer and an Internet connection. An instructor could conceivably present material to the entire class “live”. In some instances, video is streamed to the desktop and audio is still handled through the telephone, but this requires that learners have two phone lines or another form of Internet connection to participate. Video over the Internet also requires more bandwidth than other technologies and fast connections are usually required. This technology continues to expand and improve and we will soon see extensions that will incorporate laptops and cellular phones.
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Synchronous Collaboration and Instruction
Hélder Fanha Martins (Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch211
Abstract
Some of the very first Internet technologies to be used for learning or distance education and training were the World Wide Web and e-mail. The World Wide Web allowed multimedia or hypermedia-based instructional content to be loaded on a Web server and browsed using HTML-based browsers, and Internet-based e-mail systems allowed learners and facilitators to correspond asynchronously—anytime, anyplace. However, one of the most significant contributions of Internet-based technologies toward training and collaboration in the last few years has been the introduction of synchronous collaboration technologies. Synchronous collaboration technologies truly create a new medium that brings facilitators and participants together in a dynamic and live environment through which highly interactive communication can occur—closing down the barriers for communication and learning.
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