Improving the Study of Political Communication Through the Use of High-band with Networked Multimedia Technology

电子通讯改变了政治家与公民沟通的方式。有保障的高带宽网络多媒体通信正被用于本科教育，以显著改善研究政治传播的政治学分支的教育体验。该技术的应用使学生和教师能够访问该领域的核心视频课程材料，并促进协作学习。这项技术正在适应一套三门课程，从入门到高级。高级课程是与科罗拉多大学联合教授的。学生通过电视等电子媒体学习政治传播。他们必须能够观看数百个政治片段，制作自己的视频，并相互测试。因为一门课程涉及两所大学的学生，他们需要网络通信能力来一起工作。校园内和校园间的高速网络为学生们一起工作、分享实验和经验提供了基础设施，而新的视频技术为这些活动提供了必要的工具。这个项目是建立在两个校园内和校园之间已经存在的强大网络上的。该设备允许学生独立或一起观看流媒体视频，并为实验制作自己的视频。学生们可以轻松地在一起工作，无论地点如何，通过这种共同工作，他们对政治沟通技巧有了更好的理解。这种技术的应用，即互联网2的应用，正在进行彻底的评估，并应作为爱荷华大学其他学科和其他机构的典范。

Electronic communication has transformed the way politicians communicate with citizens. Guaranteed high-bandwith networked multimedia communication is being adapted for use in undergraduate education to significantly improve the educational experience in a branch of Political Science that studies political communication. Adaptation of this technology is enabling access by students and faculty to video course materials that are central to this field, and facilitating collaborative learning. This technology is being adapted to a set of three courses, ranging from introductory to advanced. The advanced course is taught jointly with the University of Colorado. Students study political communication through electronic media such as TV. They must be able to view hundreds of political segments and to create their own videos and test them on each other. Because one course involves students at two universities, they need networked communication capabilities to work together. High speed networks on and between campuses provide the infrastructure to allow students to work together and to share experiments and experiences, and new video technology is providing the tools necessary for these kinds of activitiesThis project is building on the robust networks already in place on and between both campuses. The equipment is allowing students to view streaming video independently and together, and to create their own videos for experiments. Students are able to work together easily, regardless of location, and through this joint work are gaining better understanding of political communications techniques. This application of technology, an Internet 2 application, is being thoroughly evaluated and should serve as a model for other disciplines at the University of Iowa and at other institutions.