Collaborative Interactive Remote Instruction

基于其在网络、计算机支持的协同工作和远程学习方面的专业知识，老道明大学将准备建立一个基于网络工作站的全州范围内的高度互动远程教学（IRI）试点系统。在该系统中开发的技术和教学方法将整合到TELETECHNET中，TELETECHNET是一个由州政府资助的项目，由Old Dominion大学和社区学院提供四年制学位课程。前两年由社区大学教授，后两年由老道明大学通过网络和电视课程指导提供给偏远的社区大学校园。该项目将包括一个为期三年的研究、发展、执行和评价阶段。重要的贡献包括：1)改进现有的IRI系统，提供一个开放的教学/学习环境，具有一系列易于所有学科的学生和教师使用的基本特征；2)发展新教学方法的基本概念，以利用系统的互动性来支持更高的学习领域；3)将致力于21世纪创新教育方法的政府、行业和学术人士联合起来；4)为弗吉尼亚提供一种具有成本效益的远程高质量教育方法；5)为其他面临类似问题的州树立榜样。拟议的开放式硬件/软件架构使用现有技术，但预计在不久的将来，高速信息高速公路和多媒体工作站将得到更广泛的应用。该系统向远程站点提供双向视频；x窗口工具和应用程序的共享操作；交互式笔记;像录像机一样回放过去的课程和辅助材料，以及一个全动态视频窗口，可以显示讲师，课堂演示或任何PC， Macintosh或X-window应用程序。这些结构化能力使教师和学生能够访问从各种来源生成的多媒体，并使用小组协作工具在两个参与者之间，小组之间或整个班级之间进行交互。该系统将提供视听交互，并允许教师和远程学生共享对软件工具的操作，如电子表格或化学模型。虽然IRI的要素目前在技术上是可行的，但该项目的主要工作是开发利用环境的以学生为中心的新教学方法和范例，并通过实际教学需要的经验改进硬件和软件。这一制度将为传统和非传统学生提供更容易接受高等教育的机会，这些学生由于个人或经济原因选择不住在四年制大学。IRI将促进所有参与的学生和教师有效地使用网络和计算机技术。

Maly 95-54261 Building on its expertise in networking, computer supported collaborative work, and remote learning, Old Dominion University will prepare to build a statewide highly Interactive Remote Instruction (IRI) pilot system based on networked workstations. Technology and pedagogical methods developed in the system will be integrated into TELETECHNET, a state funded program in which Old Dominion University and community colleges provides four-year degree programs. The first two years are being taught at the community colleges with the last two being provided by Old Dominion University to remote community college campuses via networked and televised course instructions. The project will consist of a three-year phase of research, development, implementation and evaluation. Significant contributions include: 1) refining an existing IRI system to provide an open-ended teaching/learning environment with a set of basic features easy to use by students and faculty of all disciplines; 2) developing the basic concepts of new instructional methods to exploit the interactivity of the system in support of higher domains of learning; and 3) bringing together a consortium of government, industry and academic individuals who are dedicated to innovative approaches to education for the 21st century, and 4) providing Virginia with a cost-effective method of delivering high quality education remotely; and 5) serve as a model for other states faced with similar problems. The proposed open hardware/software architecture uses existing technologies but anticipates the wider availability of a high-speed Information Superhighway and multimedia workstations in the near future. The system provides two-way video to remote sites; shared operation of X-window tools and applications; interactive note-taking; a VCR-like replay of past classes and ancillary material and a full motion video window which can display the instructor, a classroom demonstration, or any PC, Macintosh or X-window application. These in structional capabilities enables instructors and students to access multimedia generated from a variety of sources and to use group collaboration tools for interaction between two participants, among small groups, or entire classes. The system will provide audio-visual interaction and allow faculty and remote-site students to share the manipulation of software tools, such as spreadsheets or chemistry models. While the elements of IRI are currently technically feasible, a major portion of the project's efforts are directed to the developing of new student-centered teaching methods and paradigms which take advantage of the environment and to refining the hardware and software through experience of actual instructional needs. This system will provide easier access to higher education for both traditional and non-traditional students, who for personal or financial reasons choose not to reside at a four-year institution. IRI will promote effective use of network and computer technology for all participating students and faculty.