Preface to Teacher's Guide

This Teacher's Guide provides a comprehensive set of information and advice regarding one particular model of distance learning, the delivery of full courses. It also assumes that the environment for course presentation includes . . .

multiple receiving sites

full classes of students at those sites

room-size videoconferencing equipment and facilities at the sending and receiving sites

certified teaching staff present at all sites with the student groups

Other important instructional uses of videoconferencing not directly addressed here include supplementing classroom instruction, connecting students to outside experts, promoting cultural interaction and comparisons, collaborative student projects at a distance, and providing remote support for students with special needs.

Much of the information in this Guide is applicable even in situations where some of the above characteristics are not present. Readers need to judge the applicability to their own situation.

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