Procedures and classroom architectures for the development of tele-teaching activities

A system architecture based on the use of ISDN basic inputs is presented, suitable for over-distance educational programs (tele-teaching) in academic environments. Starting from a very encouraging tele-teaching experience-performed in the last four years at the University of l´Aquila-a medium term project for the improvement and extension of the present activities in the various sites where the University is geographically distributed has been performed. The proposed classrooms, offices and conference room architectures and allocations are described in the paper, together with the possible integration between terrestrial and satellite-based educational techniques. Emphasis is also given to the teaching procedures and the student response, which are of fundamental importance to provide effectiveness and future expansion to over-distance educational techniques