1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES

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Group members
Name
Reg. No.
Program
Ntulla Shija
T/UDOM/2011/03403
Bsc.CE
Daud Saguda
T/UDOM/2011/03417
Adam, Jumanne L.
T/UDOM/2011/03427
Marwa Mayenga
T/UDOM/2011/03396
Barakaeli Aremu
T/UDOM/2011/03413

3. DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Contents
Distance Learning
Introduction
Pros and Cons
Collaboration Technologies
Distance Learning Applications
Distance Learning Infrastructure

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Introduction
What is distance learning?
Learning = Grasping knowledge.
Students and instructors are separated in
terms of time and/or space.

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Introduction …
Distance Learning gives students the flexibility to decide on:
What do I want to learn?
When do I want to learn?
At what place do I want to learn?
How would I like to learn?
Where do I want to learn?

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Introduction …
Imagine…

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Pros
Distance Learning has the following pros:
Flexibility
Learn anything, anywhere, anytime, any place, anyhow.
Affordability
Relatively lower or no cost at all.
(eg. Through TV or Internet)
Interactivity: shy students can also ask questions

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Pros …
Distance Learning has the following pros:
Better integration for part-time students
Not every student can cope with a school timetable.
Has the potential to equalize access to education
Disabled and remote students.
Allows for the internationalization of learning opportunities.
eg Cisco, Oracle

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Cons
Distance Learning has the following cons:
Physical separation of teachers and students
Suitable for self-guided learners only
Technical difficulties
eg. Needs good typing skills to perform well.
Lag time between student input and feedback
Answers to questions are sometimes late
Easy cheating

10. Collaboration Technologies
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Collaboration Technologies
Distance Learning supporting technologies are as:
Webcams.
Facilitates virtual classrooms and virtual learning.
Blogging
Sharing of thoughts, ideas, questions and answers
Video conferencing

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DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Collaboration Technologies …
Distance Learning supporting technologies are as:
Video broadcasting
Web conferencing
Whiteboards-Students and teachers write on touch screens
Computers, tablets and mobile devices
Networking technologies

12. Collaboration Technologies …
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Collaboration Technologies …
Distance Learning supporting technologies are as:

13. Application Softwares
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Application Softwares
Distance Learning supporting Applications:
ePals
Collaboration site offers a way for groups of students around the word to be matched up and paired with other classrooms
Skype
Ways of making voice and video calls online providing communication among devices like PCs and Smart phones.

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DISTANCE LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
Application Softwares …
Distance Learning supporting Applications:
iTunes U
Provides thousands of audio and video courses on demand
Google Plus Hangouts
Software enable teachers and students searching for materials, conferencing as well as different solutions.
YouTube
Many educational videos and materials are available online.

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Architecture
Distance Learning Architecture:
It is based on 3-tier client-server architecture model.
Database,
Server and
Clients (User interfaces)

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Architecture

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Architecture …
Distance Learning Architecture:
T.120 Standard
Describes series of protocols for real time multipoint communications.
Used in Cisco WebEx's Meeting Center, Microsoft NetMeeting and Lotus Sametime.

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Architecture …
Distance Learning Architecture:
RealMedia Server
Proprietary multimedia container, by RealNetworks.
Streams contents over the internet. Now uses both CBR and VBR containers
H.323 Standard
Defines protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on packet networks

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