>From owner-trad-l@LISTSERV.VT.EDU Mon Jan 27 08:36:42 1997 Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA19920; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:36:41 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.VT.EDU by LISTSERV.VT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 288530 for TRAD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:36:41 -0500 Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA19876; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:36:36 -0500 Received: from [128.173.126.10] (conn.prov.vt.edu [128.173.126.10]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id IAA31077; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:36:32 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: conn@mail.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:36:36 -0500 Reply-To: "W. David Conn" Sender: trad-l Discussion List From: "W. David Conn" Subject: Seminar on Distance Teaching To: TRAD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU Thomas K. Miller, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Assistant Dean for Information Technology at North Carolina State University, will visit Virginia Tech on Friday, January 31. This visit is hosted by the SUCCEED Campus Implementation Team. Attendance at the seminar below from throughout the University is welcome. Direct questions to Scott Midkiff, Electrical Engineering, at midkiff@vt.edu or 231-5190. ....................................................................... "Distance Teaching over the Internet Multicast Backbone (MBone)" Friday, January 31, 9:00-10:00 a.m. in Room 457, Whittemore Hall As a part of the SUCCEED DT-05 project, NC State has been experimenting with the use of desktop conferencing technology as a means of providing distance education. Most of this effort has concentrated on the Internet Multicast Backbone (MBone) which provides real-time multimedia over the Internet. During the Fall 96 semester, an entire course was delivered over the MBone from NC State to students in the Industrial Engineering Masters program at UNC-Asheville. This technology was also used for faculty office hours for a sophomore-level electrical engineering course, also delivered from NC State to UNC-Asheville. This presentation will cover the unique advantages of this approach to the delivery of distance education, and how it is being used in this manner at NC State. A preliminary evaluation of last semester's experience will be presented, including student performance results and faculty and student perceptions of this delivery mechanism. *********************************************************** W. David Conn, Professor & Special Assistant to the Provost Director of University Self-Study Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, VA 24061-0155, USA E-mail: conn@vt.edu Tel: (540) 231-2690 Fax: (540) 231-7211