Powering up Education Through Video Conferencing
As the price of video capture, display technology, and high speed Internet connectivity has steadily gone down, educational videoconferencing has emerged. This genre of video conferencing was based on simple systems of web cams, personal computers, software compression and broadband connections. In addition, the easy access to free software such as chat programs supported by Yahoo or MSN Messenger paved the way for a new wave of videoconferencing which has been utilized as a valuable model for an educational learning tool.
Videoconferencing tools help support education and learning by creating an alternative for communication and instruction. The inherent features of videoconferencing allows development of educational strategies and techniques by allowing distance learners to meet in spite of their location. This has a profound benefit to the environment also.
Videoconferencing had paved the way for students to who come from different demographics, society and backgrounds to come together in learning. The technology allowed them to involve themselves in a new 2 way world of communication between students and educators.
