A course exchange using television

Author

Jacobson, David ; Reedy, S. ; Kuhl ; Hassoun, Michael ; Jones

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Nov 1994

Firstpage

586

Lastpage

588

Abstract

In the Spring semester of 1994, faculty members in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University, located in Ames, participated in an exchange of two courses using two-way television as the medium. Two graduate courses were selected. The equipment was: a compressed video system developed by Compression Laboratories, Inc., (CLI) connected via a T-l grade line that was implemented over the new Iowa Communications Network. In addition to the cameras provided in the CLI equipment, local studio classroom cameras and microphones were used in the activity. In this exchange, students from both campuses participated in the classes and were able to ask questions as they arose. Additional contact through electronic mail, telephone, and facsimile facilitated the learning. “Help” sessions were also implemented over the two-way system

Keywords

educational courses; Compression Laboratories; Iowa Communications Network; Iowa State University; T-l grade line; University of Iowa; compressed video system; course exchange; electronic mail; graduate courses; microphones; studio classroom cameras; telephone; two-way television; Cameras; Cities and towns; Communication networks; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Microphones; Springs; TV; Utility programs; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Twenty-fourth Annual Conference. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2413-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1994.580610

Filename

580610