Conference paper
Effects of Satellite Communications in the World's Largest Classroom
Proceedings of the 2006 World Conference on E-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, pp.192-199
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN), 2006 (Honolulu, United States, 15-Oct-2006–17-Oct-2006)
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
2006
Abstract
Satellite communications recently replaced the two-way radio at the School of Air classrooms throughout Northern Territory and News South Wales in Australia. The evaluators of this massive technology innovation surveyed all the participants in the programs. The surveys indicate that the students, parents, teachers and associated people were pleased with the improvements in sound quality and being able to see the teachers. The respondents were very impressed with the improvements in most aspects of the educational communications and by the new opportunities presented by the new satellite-based facilities, the training and access to Internet. A number of areas for improvement of the systems and their operations were also identified, e.g. desired improvements in student and parent training in the equipment use, the sharing of innovative teaching techniques among teachers, exploring the possibility of providing secondary education in the remote areas via this system.
Details
- Title
- Effects of Satellite Communications in the World's Largest Classroom
- Authors
- S Crump (Author) - University of NewcastleJuhani E Tuovinen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and EducationL Simons (Author) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
- Contributors
- Thomas C Reeves (Editor)Shirley F Yamashita (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2006 World Conference on E-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, pp.192-199
- Conference details
- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN), 2006 (Honolulu, United States, 15-Oct-2006–17-Oct-2006)
- Publisher
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
- Date published
- 2006
- ISBN
- 1880094606
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2006 AACE. Used with permission from the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Norfolk, VA. ELEARN: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 2006. Effects of Satellite Communications in the World's Largest Classroom by Crump, S, Tuovinen, J E, Simons, L. www.aace.org
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449656502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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