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Volume 2 Number 2
Half-Full or Half-Empty: Educational Applications of a Free
Videoconferencing Software
Brandon C. Taylor, M.S.
Instructional Technology Consultant & Part-time Faculty Member
DePaul
University
Adjunct Faculty Member/Instructional Designer
City Colleges of Chicago's Center for Distance
Learning
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ABSTRACT
This paper describes the author’s experiences, processes,
methods, successes, failures, challenges, and recommendations regarding
the creation, implementation, and support of a low-cost desktop videoconferencing
system for distance learning. He used a free desktop videoconferencing
software on a desktop computer in a faculty member’s office in Chicago,
IL, and a desktop computer in a classroom in Athens, Greece, in order
to facilitate the conversion of a quarter system course into a semester
system course. He sought to do so in both a pedagogically sound and cost-effective
manner. This case study’s primary focus is on the educational applications
of the free desktop videoconferencing software, iVisit.
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