Desktop video conferencing in higher education: the potential and the reality

Ray Potter; Deborah Roberts

Desktop video conferencing in higher education: the potential and the reality

Ray Potter
, Deborah Roberts

University of Cumbria

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Abstract

This paper reviews some preliminary experiences of the use of Desktop Video Conferencing (DVC) within a multi-site Initial Teacher Training Institution. The limitations of asynchronous communication such as email and the potential of synchronous communications such as DVC are appraised. Examples of actual and potential DVC are described alongside the attendant benefits derived from both practical experience and research evidence. Consideration is also given to the realities of setting up DVC, such as firewall issues and resource implications including hardware and software.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Challenges and opportunities: developing learning and teaching in ITE across the UK
Editors	Alison Jackson, Susan Bloxham, Samantha Twiselton
Place of Publication	Bristol, UK
Publisher	Higher Education Academy Education Subject Centre ESCalate
Pages	40-43
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2006

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Desktop video conferencing in higher education: the potential and the reality. / Potter, Ray; Roberts, Deborah.
Challenges and opportunities: developing learning and teaching in ITE across the UK. ed. / Alison Jackson; Susan Bloxham; Samantha Twiselton. Bristol, UK: Higher Education Academy Education Subject Centre ESCalate, 2006. p. 40-43.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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