Comments on: “Curriculum Videoconferencing”

By: Bluebonnet Conference: Nov. 9-8:30 AM | VC Rox

Bluebonnet Conference: Nov. 9-8:30 AM | VC Rox — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:25:46 +0000

[...] We finished our Bluebonnet Conference the week before Thanksgiving and I was amazed at the quality of the student presentations. Here is a quick recap of the 20 presentations. These are great examples of “curriculum videoconferencing“. [...]

By: Two Minutes | VC Rox

Two Minutes | VC Rox — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:31:02 +0000

[...] am an advocate for curriculum videoconferencing. I talk to the teachers and know the power of the connection. I get that it can improve student [...]

By: Roxanne Glaser

Roxanne Glaser — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:28:00 +0000

Jason, when you write, “I still find it difficult to succinctly define/label what I do when talking about IVC. Saying that I work in television is brief enough for most folks, but doesn’t really capture the dynamics” that captures the essence that we all feel.

We know what we do and we know quality when we see and experience it, but how do we explain that to someone not in our field?

In our area, we defined what we do as “videoconferencing” but I agree that a term that we can begin to use within our community of practice to communicate the relevance to the curriculum and nature of the technology would be helpful. We have worked diligently to provide quality projects, recommend quality providers, and excellent support to create positive experiences for our teachers and students.

Janine, I think this is a great idea to find a succinct way to share this with curriculum directors and administrators

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:26:46 +0000

Cool. I'll add that to my list of synonymies:

Synonymies: Connected Learning, Cyber Schools, Distance Education, Distance Learning, Distributed Learning, eLearning (e-learning), Electronic Encounter, Electronic Field Trip (eFieldTrip, EFT), Interactive Distance Learning (IDL), Interactive Instructional Video (IIV), Interactive Videoconference (IV, IVC), Internet Videocommunications, Live Interactive Video Experience, Picture Telephone, Televideo Conference, Tele-Visual-Course, Video Communications, Videoconference (VC, VeeCee, Vidcon, Vidconf, Videoconf), Videoconference over IP (VCoIP), Video TV (VTV), Video-telephone, Video Teleconference (VTC), Video Telepresence, Video Teletraining, Videonet (Vidnet), Videophone, Virtual Classrooms, Virtual Field Trip (VFT)

I still find it difficult to succinctly define/label what I do when talking about IVC. Saying that I work in television is brief enough for most folks, but doesn't really capture the dynamics. BTW, there is not preview option, so I hope my HTML coding works on this post.