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Part 3a - Audio Bridges
Discuss and compare Skype and another form of PTP (i.e. vent. teamspeak, etc).
Students will need to coordinate talking to each other with Skype and Other.
Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
Things to talk about in your posting
Describe each of the systems above.
Describe the comparison system.
Compare/contrast the two based on the bandwidth issues presented in the Jones/Knezek article.
Discuss cost, installation, and support issues such as the manpower needed to make the system run.
Discuss what is gained and what is lost in each environment regarding educational utility.
Part 3b - Web-based Meeting Spaces
Discuss and compare Adobe Connect Pro and Web-Ex.
Students will need to coordinate working with each other using the technologies.
Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
Things to talk about in your posting
Describe each of the systems above.
Compare/contrast the two based on the bandwidth issues presented in the Jones/Knezek article.
Discuss cost, installation, and support issues such as the manpower needed to make the system run.
Discuss what is gained and what is lost in each environment regarding educational utility.
Part 3c - 3D Environments
Use SecondLife, Leopoldo Flores Museum 3D Environment, and World of Warcraft
Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
How do each of these compare ?
Discuss the educational affordances that these virtual environments might provide in your classroom or training setting?
What is the future of virtual environments in education and learning?