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1、VirtualClassroomsandInteractiveRemoteInstructionByK.Maly,C.Wild,C.M.Overstreet,H.Abdel-Wahab,A.Gupta,A.Youssef,E.Stoica,R.Talla,A.PrabhuComputerScienceDepartmentOldDominionUniversityNorfolk,VA23529-0162Internet:maly@cs.odu.eduAbstractBytheintegrationofhighspeedcomputernetw
2、orksandinteractivemulti-mediaworkstations,theIRI(InteractiveRemoteInstruction)Systemcreatesageographicallydispersedvirtualclassroom.Eachstudentparticipatesusingapersonalworkstationwhichcanbeusedtoviewmulti-mediaclasspresentations,tomakepresentations,totakenotesinamulti-med
3、ianotebook,andtointeractviaaudio/videoandsharedcomputertools.Wecomparethisapproachwithothermodesofinstructionanddescribelessonslearnedfromtheinstructor,studentandtechnicalperspectives.1IntroductionOverthepastseveralyears,researchersintheComputerScienceDepart-mentatOldDomin
4、ionUniversityhavedevelopedtheInteractiveRemoteInstruction(IRI)system.IRIprovidesavirtualclassroombyprovidingeachstudentamultimediaworkstationwithgroupcollaborationtechnology.IRIsupportsinteractivehands-onapprenticeships,multimedianote-takingandVCR-typereplayingofclasses(in
5、cludingimages,notes,andrelatedevents).Assistanceisprovidedtoinstructorsinthepreparationandpresentationof1instructionalmaterialsandintheorchestrationandmanagementofanin-teractiveclassroom.Thepaperisorganizedintoadescriptionofsystemarchitecture,researchissuesindistancelearni
6、ngandinteractiveinstructionalsystems,andaninitialevaluationoftheutilityandperformanceofthecurrentimplementationofIRI.2SystemStructureIRIisbeingimplementedtosupporta2+2"approachtoearningabac-calaureatedegreeinwhichastudentreceivesanassociatedegreefromacommunitycollegeandth
7、ennishesthelasttwoyearsatthatcommunitycollegeoveraremoteinstructiondeliverysystem.OldDominionUniversityhasamassedconsiderableexperienceinthisareathroughTELETECHNET,aremoteinstructionsystemwhichconnectsthemaincampusinNorfolk,VAtoseveralsatellitecampuses,23(by1997)community
8、collegesthroughoutthestate,andselectedindustrialandgovernmentsites[6].Over2000stu-dentsar