Alternative video in distance learning environments

  • Authors:
  • Jean H. Ennis French

  • Affiliations:
  • Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Students taking a number of different types of courses can benefit from viewing course content via the computer. Course content can be represented with combinations of multimedia elements including text, color, images and video. Accessing multimedia-enhanced course content via Internet is especially advantageous for distance learning students who do not have face-to-face instruction. When taking distance courses, it can be advantageous for students to see actions on their monitors using one facet of multimedia - video. The viewing of traditional video online is hindered by restraints such as transmission speed and file size. An innovative alternative to instruct students is with the use of computer screen-captured video, which has the ability to provide higher-quality video within lower file-size limits.