Title :
Synchronous distance education at IIT Bombay
Author :
Moudgalya, Kannan M. ; Deshmukh, Rahul ; Patil, Arvind
Author_Institution :
Centre for Distance Eng. Educ. Programme, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Abstract :
IIT Bombay has been transmitting its courses synchronously for close to a decade. This article explains how this has been achieved through satellite and Web technologies. It also explains the social issues in popularising distance education amongst the faculty and students of IIT Bombay and the motivational techniques employed to switch over to the required technologies. IIT Bombay has one hundred courses that can be released to the public for free access.
Keywords :
Internet; distance learning; educational courses; satellite communication; IIT Bombay; Web technologies; satellite transmission; synchronous distance education; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering education; Government; Satellites; Space technology; Switches; Uniform resource locators; Video on demand; LMS; Moodle; Satellite transmission; copyright issues; document projection camera; student interaction; video on demand; webcast;
Conference_Titel :
Technology for Education, 2009. T4E '09. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bangalore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5506-5
DOI :
10.1109/T4E.2009.5314107
