Web Conferencing
| Voice over IP
| Videoconference
Web
Conferencing
Web conferencing is used to hold group meetings or live presentations
over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at
their own computer, and is connected to other participants via
the internet. The most basic feature of a web conference is screen
sharing, whereby conference participants see whatever is on the
presenter's screen. Usually this is accompanied by voice communication,
either through a traditional telephone conference, VoIP, text chat,
and/or video..
Some Web Conferencing Packages :
Elluminate (Currently used at RPI) 
http://www.elluminate.com/
Adobe® Connect™
http://www.adobe.com/products/connect/
iLinc
http://www.ilinc.com/fortrainers/index.php
Centra
http://www.saba.com/centra-saba/
Microsoft Office Live Meeting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/uc/livemeeting/default.mspx
Recommended readings:
Designing for the Virtual Interactive Classroom
http://campustechnology.com/articles/40223/
Web Conferencing And Live Collaboration Tools
http://www.kolabora.com/reviews/best_new_tools_update/web_conferencing_and_live_collaboration.htm#
Web Conferencing Tools and Applications: Are they Ready for Us?
http://www.campus-technology.com/techtalks/trans/021024webconf.asp
Tips on Conferencing
http://www.webconferencingsolutions.net/articles/8/1/Tips_on_Conferencing
Full-Featured Web Conferencing Systems
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/resources/Article_FullFeaturedWebConferencingSystems.pdf
Tips on Conferencing
http://www.visualtec.com/pics_homepage/TT_WebConferencing_0204/Main.html
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Voice over IP
Voice
over Internet Protocol (also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet
telephony, and Broadband Phone) is the routing of voice conversations
over the Internet or through any other IP-based network. In general,
phone service via VoIP is free or costs less than equivalent service
from traditional sources. VoIP can facilitate tasks that may be
more difficult to achieve using traditional phone networks, it
allows users to travel anywhere in the world and still make and
receive phone calls. VoIP technology still has a few shortcomings
that have led some to believe that it is not ready for widespread
deployment.
Some Voice over IP packages:
Skype
http://www.skype.com/

Google Talk
http://www.google.com/talk/
MSN Messenger
http://join.msn.com/messenger/overview
Paltalk
http://www.paltalk.com/
Recommended readings:
Finding your Voice online
http://flexiblelearning.net.au/knowledgetree/edition05/download/Coghlan.doc
Skype in the Classroom
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/05_06_articles/skype-in-the-classroom.html
A Framework for Tracking Developments in Voice over IP
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem/cem99/cem9941.html
Telecommunications >> VoIP is for Victory
http://campustechnology.com/articles/40285/
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Videoconference
A videoconference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called visual collaboration and is a type of groupware.
Tutorials:
Videoconferencing for Learning
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/

Tips and Techniques for Successful Video Conferencing
http://www.ir101.net/irATT2.html
Techniques to Enhance Online Learning
PDF document
Teacher's Guide to Videoconferencing
http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/teachersguide/preface.html
Recommended readings:
Videoconferencing as a Technology to Support Group Work: A Review of its Failure
http://www.ischool.washington.edu/mcdonald/courses/info447_au02/wk4/Egido.Failure.CSCW88.pdf
Telepresence: Integrating Shared Task and Person Spaces
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/OTP/papers/bill.buxton/shared_space.html
videoconferencing: Using Compressed Video for Distance Learning
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/Using.html
Resources and Information on videoconferencing
http://www.trecc.org/education/videoconf.php#intro
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