Video Conferencing

Skype
Video Conferencing has been a big part of my life for over ten years.  I love to travel and Skype has been there for me on every trip.  I subscribe yearly to their plan.  This way I can phone from any WiFi connection on my device and talk to anyone on their phone.  This of course doesn't provide a video between the parties but it does connect between the phone and computer.

My partner for the group project and I used Skype to communicate back and forth throughout this course.  The best thing about using this medium was that you could message back and forth, you could talk, and you could video conference.

Video Conferencing Experiences in DE

I have also taken many distance education classes and have used several different types of conferencing.
1. I watched the video feed from the university - it was only one way communication.
2. I watched the video feed from the university and used a telephone to communicate with the professor.
3. Video conference both ways.

Video Conferencing in DE

If I was using video conferencing in distance education I would use Skype to communicate synchronously.  This provides a free platform to communicate between students and teachers and allows it to be a little more personal than just talking without seeing each other.