Desktop Conferencing for Learning and Education

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Desktop Conferencing for Learning and Education
Desktop Video Conferencing is the simple and
great way to open the classroom for the students
from different locations to make them engage in
discussion with students in other classes, other
schools and beyond!
Collaboration between students from different
schools, project presentations and discussions
with experts such as scientists and authors are
just some of the ways that video conferencing can
enhance and enrich students' learning. Students
are able to explore, communicate, analyze and
share information and ideas with one another.
Through video conferencing students can visit
another part of the world to speak with others,
visit the zoo, museum and so on, to learn. These
virtual field trips can bring opportunities to
students, especially those who are in
geographically isolated locations or economically
disadvantaged.
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How Desktop Video Conferencing Helps You in
Learning and Education
When it comes to desktop conference, an
increasing number of users are tapping the
technology for training, as well as educational
purposes. We all know that desktop conferencing
made its own ground in business as well as
government sectors. And for now, it started
making its path in educational fields. This
technology is really helpful for non traditional
students who cannot attend classes during normal
hours. A report by Wainhouse Research, found
that the educational and training portion of the
web conferencing market reached about 680
million in 2009 and is projected to grow to more
than 1 billion by the end of 2014.
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Now-a-days, almost all educational institutions
are adopting conferencing technology to provide
qualified knowledge to their students. Many
California schools are using web conferencing to
connect with one another and produce networks
carrying large volumes of video and text data to
educational facilities, teachers and students.
Other than students, web conferencing could be
used by librarians to develop strategies, provide
resources and improve the quality of their
service and delivery. There are numerous meeting
software services in the market. RHUB's
TurboMeeting appliance is one such appliance that
offers many advantages to its users. Further,
TurboMeeting is a 4-in-1 appliance that serves
multiple purposes such as secure web
conferencing, remote access, remote support, and
webinar. With the help of web conferencing
technology, students are able to attend multiple
classes in multiple universities at different
locations. Through this, they can save time and
money in traveling. In general, this technology
could be considered as a career or employee
training tool. Many colleges are now
collaborating with local businesses to offer
students certification and business training.
This technology is not only easy to use and
deploy but also inexpensive. For web
conferencing, all you need is just a computer, a
web camera, microphone with speakers and an
internet connection. Web conference is perhaps
the best alternative to face to face physical
meeting. It helps us truly understand what the
other person is saying. These services are
covered with several benefits such as
communication at lower cost, better voice quality
and reduced traveling. The possibilities are
virtually endless in using web conference.