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Distributed Education

Conventional view: video conferencing.

• Audience sited in various remote locations.
• Presentation is recorded and multicast.
  • Audio and video.
  • Special lines (ISDN, ATM) or Internet (MBone).
• Transmitted information:
  • Lecturer's speech and gestures.
  • Images of blackboard drawings/slides.
• Backchannels
  • Feedback from audience.
  • Group discussions.

What you see or hear is (all) what you get.