Interactive videoconferencing (IVC) as a crucial factor in distance education / Panagiotes S. Anastasiades.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anastasiades, Panagiotes S.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Videoconferencing.

Educational technology.

Blended learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the theoretical background and the methodology that have been developed, to implement a pedagogical model for Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) instruction.

Contents:

Intro

INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING (IVC) AS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN DISTANCE EDUCATION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 THE NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2 ICT AND DISTANCE LEARNING: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Chapter 3 INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING (IVC) AS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN DISTANCE EDUCATION

3.1. IVC DEFINITION

3.2. IVC IN LEARNING AND TEACHING BY DISTANCE

3.3. THE PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE TELECONFERENCE'S EDUCATIONAL USE

Chapter 4 TOWARDS AN IVC CONSTRUCTIVISM PEDAGOGICAL MODEL

4.1. WHY DO WE NEED A PEDAGOGICAL MODEL FOR THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITATION OF VIDEOCONFERENCING?

2. THE THEORETICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SUGGESTED PEDAGOGICAL MODEL IVC

4.3. MAIN CONSTRUCTIVE PRINCIPLES AND PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEDAGOGICAL MODEL IVC

Chapter 5 IVC PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN- BASIC CHARACTERISTICS

1. FRAMEWORK OF DISTANCE LEARNING PRINCIPLES (ADEC, 1999)

Chapter 6 THE PROPOSED MODEL OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Chapter 7 PREPARING AND PLANNING AN IVC

7.1. ACTION 1: FINDING A CLASS (DISTANT PARTNERS)

7.2. ACTION 2: TEACHERS' TRAINING PROGRAM

7.3. ACTION 3: INVESTIGATING A SUBJECT - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC

7.4. ACTION 4: PLANNING A COMMUNICATION MODEL

7.5. ACTION 5: THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAGES (THE IVC PYRAMID)

Stage A: Introductory VC Activities

Stage B: Virtual Classroom

Stage C: Collaboration- Workgroups

Stage D: Interactive Presentations/ Argumentation

1. Presentation of Learning Tasks

2. Collaborative Argumentation

3. Evaluation

7.6. ACTION 6: THE CLASSROOM ARCHITECTURE MODEL

7.7. PREPARING STUDENTS AND PARENTS

Chapter 8 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

1. EVALUATION TARGET

2. OBJECT OF THE EVALUATION.

3. SUBJECT OF THE EVALUATION

4. EVALUATION PERFORMERS

5. SAFETY VALVES OF THE EVALUATION

6. EVALUATION CRITERIA

Evaluation of the Students' Technological Statu

Description

Target

Implementation

Evaluation of the Teachers' Technological Status

Evaluation of Technological Equipment

Method One

Method Two

Method

Evaluation of the Social Impact from the Students' Standpoint

Evaluation of the Social Impact from the Teacher's Standpoint

Chapter 9 "ODYSSEAS 2004" IVC PROJECT: GENERAL DESCRIPTION

9.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

9.2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY - IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

9.3. THE COMMUNICATION MODEL METHODOLOGY

9.4. THE CLASSROOM ARCHITECTURE MODEL (ANASTASIADES, 2003B. 2006)

9.5. ODYSSEAS 2000-2007 IVC ACTIVITIES

Period February- June 2002: IVCs between Elementary Schools in Cyprus

Period February- June 2004: IVCs between Elementary Schools in Crete (Rethymnon) and Cyprus - (Augorou-)

Period February- June 2006: IVCs between Elementary Schools in Crete (Rethymnon) in Athens and the Island of Aigina

9.6. THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

9.7. THE ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT MODEL

Chapter 10 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [63]-74) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-467-X