- Title
- Google docs and skype for a low bandwidth virtual classroom for developing countries
- Creator
- Thinyane, Hannah, Mufeti, Tulimevava K, Terzoli, Alfredo, Wright, Madeleine
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/430757
- Identifier
- vital:72713
- Identifier
- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5753006
- Description
- There has been much attention recently on the use of virtual class-rooms to support distance learning. However, the required real-time and high-rate transfers for multimedia contents such as video and audio that comprise most off-the-shelf virtual classrooms make them infeasible for developing countries where bandwidth is typically more restricted. This paper describes the findings of an ongoing investigation to develop a low bandwidth virtual classroom that can provide the necessary func-tionality to deliver courses to distant students. By combining Google Docs and Skype, we realised a low bandwidth virtual classroom alterna-tive that could provide adequate functionality within our teaching con-text.
- Format
- 7 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- IST-Africa, Thinyane, H., Mufeti, T.K., Terzoli, A. and Wright, M., 2010, May. Google docs and skype for a low bandwidth virtual classroom for developing countries. In 2010 IST-Africa (pp. 1-7). IEEE, IST-Africa volume 2010 number 1 1 7 2010 Conference
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