DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES DISTANCE LEARNING AND
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Group members Name Reg. No. Program Ntulla Shija T/UDOM/2011/03403 Bsc. CE Daud Saguda T/UDOM/2011/03417 Bsc. CE Adam, Jumanne L. T/UDOM/2011/03427 Bsc. CE Marwa Mayenga T/UDOM/2011/03396 Bsc. CE Barakaeli Aremu T/UDOM/2011/03413 Bsc. CE
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Contents Distance Learning • Introduction • Pros and Cons • Collaboration Technologies • Distance Learning Applications • Distance Learning Infrastructure
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Introduction • What is distance learning? • Learning = Grasping knowledge. • Students and instructors are separate terms of time and/or space.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Introduction … Distance Learning gives students the flexibility to decide on: • What do I want to learn? • When do I want to learn? • At what place do I want to learn? • How would I like to learn? • Where do I want to learn?
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DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Pros Distance Learning has the following pros: • Flexibility Learn anything, anywhere, anytime, any place, anyhow. • Affordability Relatively lower or no cost at all. (eg. Through TV or Internet)
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Pros … Distance Learning has the following pros: • Better integration for part-time students Not every student can cope with a school timetable. • Has the potential to equalize access to education Disabled and remote students. • Allows for the internationalization of learning
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Cons Distance Learning has the following cons: • Physical separation of teachers and students • Suitable for self-guided learners only • Technical difficulties eg. Needs good typing skills to perform well. • Lag time between student input and feedback Answers to questions are sometimes late
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Collaboration Technologies Distance Learning supporting technologies are as: • Webcams. Facilitates virtual classrooms and virtual learning. • Blogging Sharing of thoughts, ideas, questions and answers
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Collaboration Technologies … Distance Learning supporting technologies are as: • Video broadcasting • Web conferencing • Whiteboards-Students and teachers write on touch screens • Computers, tablets and mobile devices • Networking technologies
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Collaboration Technologies … Distance Learning supporting technologies are as:
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Application Softwares Distance Learning supporting Applications: • e. Pals Collaboration site offers a way for groups of students around the word to be matched up and paired with other classrooms • Skype Ways of making voice and video calls online
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Application Softwares … Distance Learning supporting Applications: • i. Tunes U Provides thousands of audio and video courses on demand • Google Plus Hangouts Software enable teachers and students searching for materials, conferencing as well as
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Architecture Distance Learning Architecture: • It is based on 3 -tier client-server architecture model. • Database, • Server and • Clients (User interfaces)
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Architecture
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Architecture … Distance Learning Architecture: • T. 120 Standard Describes series of protocols for real time multipoint communications. Used in Cisco Web. Ex's Meeting Center, Microsoft Net. Meeting and Lotus Sametime.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES Architecture … Distance Learning Architecture: • Real. Media Server Proprietary multimedia container, by Real. Networks. Streams contents over the internet. Now uses both CBR and VBR containers • H. 323 Standard Defines protocols to provide audio-visual
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES End Thank you for your attention
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