Video Conferencing Applications and Resources

Faculty are encouraged to consider video conferencing technology to enhance on ground and online classes and to expand offerings to extended campus locations.  Through the use of VC technology you can:

• Bring in guest speakers from around the world and avoid travel expenses
• Conduct real-time discussions with groups of students or colleagues in other locations
• Establish learning communities with other universities
• Enhance foreign language classes by connecting with a classroom of native speakers
• Prepare study abroad participants with pre-trip meetings
• Expand extended campus offerings eliminating travel time and expense
• Increase enrollments through 2 + 2 partnerships with community colleges
• Take virtual field trips to such places as the National D-Day Museum and Smithsonian Art Museum
• Conduct interviews with potential faculty

Resources

Below are some websites you might find helpful:

• http://www.usdla.org
• http://oznet.ksu.edu/h323/POCDB/List.aspx
• http://www.cit.cornell.edu/services/av/samples.html
• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/vidconf.html
• http://www.msnnyc.edu/special/distancelearning
• http://www.wku.edu/infotech/index.php?page=254
• http://www.cim.edu/distanceLearning.php

For more information about Video Conferencing, contact The Center at
(931) 221-7816 or by email at exted@apsu.edu