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**Faculty Development**  By Land, By Sea, By Air: Basic Distance Learning Strategies
Distance education classes at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are coordinated through Continuing Education, 423.755.5305. The information provided here should be used as an overview. Call Continuing Education to get an orientation to the distance education classrooms. Call the Walker Teaching Resource Center for more information about a variety of teaching strategies to use (423.755.4026). **Top of Page**

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Grayson H. Walker Teaching Resource Center
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
401 Hunter Hall--Mail Code 4354
615 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
(423) 425-4188
(423) 425-4025 (fax)

Last updated: April 17, 2002
Comments to: Karen I. Adsit, EdD

 

Copyright © 1996 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. All rights reserved. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an EEO/AA/Title VI/TitleIX/Section 504/ADA institution.


The Technology...

Video images in the distance learning classrooms are transmitted over T-1 lines at a slower rate than regular broadcast television. The signal is transmitted at 30 frames per second (regular television is 60 frames per second) and is digitized, so it may appear jerky.
A technician will always be in class with you to switch the cameras and to take care of the technological issues that arise.
You can project images (slides, overheads, papers, etc.) through a document camera (commonly called the Elmo). Operating the Elmo is really no different from working an overhead projector or an opaque projector. Text and graphics on paper (either color or black and white) work better than transparencies (which cause glare).
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Basics of TV

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Outside of Class

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In the Classroom

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Facilitating Interaction

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Organization and Class Administration

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References

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URL: http://www.utc.edu/Distance-ed/Distance.html


Grayson H. Walker Teaching Resource Center
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
401 Hunter Hall--Mail Code 4354
615 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
(423) 425-4188
(423) 425-4025 (fax)

Last updated: April 17, 2002
Comments to: Karen I. Adsit, EdD
 

Copyright © 1996 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. All rights reserved. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an EEO/AA/Title VI/TitleIX/Section 504/ADA institution.