By: Ellis Smith, Chattanooga Times Free Press
UTC has been a leader in distance learning since deploying a distance learning lab in 1995, according to a UTC professor, and has been pushing the envelope by delivering courses to former Soviet republics where students can conduct lab experiments from the other side of the globe. EPB, AT&T and Comcast recently have expanded the bandwidth and speed of their Internet offerings for Chattanooga area residents, and local educators have responded by offering classes at the speed of light. Dr. Will Sutton, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said much of the framework to use up the additional bandwidth is already in place at UTC. UTC’s distance learning classroom, where classes are streamed over the Internet, is already “completely booked up the whole day,” Sutton said, so he’s installing four more of the high-tech classrooms.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/oct/17/fiber-education-already-under-way/?business
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