Online videoconferencing products: Update

Software allowing real-time online video connectivity is rapidly evolving. The ability to connect students, staff, and guest speakers instantaneously carries great benefits for the online distance education classroom. This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of t...

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Autores principales: Douglas Burton, Tim Kitchen
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Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2011
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dc5e9eff7a24406cb7b8505b41b9c9982021-12-02T18:03:18ZOnline videoconferencing products: Update10.19173/irrodl.v12i2.9641492-3831https://doaj.org/article/dc5e9eff7a24406cb7b8505b41b9c9982011-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/964https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Software allowing real-time online video connectivity is rapidly evolving. The ability to connect students, staff, and guest speakers instantaneously carries great benefits for the online distance education classroom. This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: DimDim, Elluminate VCS, TokBox, and Vyew. Their benefits and shortcomings are contrasted, and efficient educational scenarios for them are suggested.Douglas BurtonTim KitchenAthabasca University PressarticlevideoconferencingSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2011)
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Online videoconferencing products: Update
description Software allowing real-time online video connectivity is rapidly evolving. The ability to connect students, staff, and guest speakers instantaneously carries great benefits for the online distance education classroom. This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: DimDim, Elluminate VCS, TokBox, and Vyew. Their benefits and shortcomings are contrasted, and efficient educational scenarios for them are suggested.
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