B.A. Morelli, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Advances in technology are helping expand and improve the quality of distance education in Iowa. Today, the virtual distance education classroom includes automatic voice- and motion-activated 360-degree or double-mount video cameras, and software that presents visual, audio, slideshow presentations, real-time instructor notes and personal space for student notes on the student’s desktop computer screen. “The teacher can walk around the room and the camera follows,” said Ron Kral, University of Iowa’s instructional development and Web services manager. Some of UI’s high-tech classrooms have about $25,000 worth of technology in them.
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