Your business is going global. You’ve got people working for you in Bangkok, Auckland, Florence, and Paris. Thankfully for you and the people who work for you, gone are the days of waiting for telegrams to arrive. Nor is there any need for you to yell in competition with inaudible static just to get your message across. In this day and age, modern technology has made it possible for you to connect with real people in real time. Thanks to a wondrous little innovation called video conferencing, you can connect to your liaisons officer in Zimbabwe and talk to him almost as if he were in the same room with you.

Video conferencing is also known as ‘videoteleconferencing’ and is a technique of setting up an interactive telecommunication system comprising of video input and out put devices such as video cameras and screens, audio input and out put devices such as microphones and speakers and transmission and receiving apparatus at two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.

Learn how to fully take advantage of Audio, Web, and Video Conferencing techniques to improve your distance learning programs. By utilizing these conferencing features you can significantly increase effectiveness for both the teacher and the student.