Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing is capable of facilitating truly global links between a range of partners. It can also act as a time-saver and has a range of environmental benefits such as reducing travel and related air-pollution. Click on the images below to find out how staff from the University have been using videoconferencing in different contexts to enrich the learning experience.
Bringing learning to life and life into learning
Dr Brenda Rush is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy. Here she describes how videoconferencing technology has enabled her students to link theory to practice through links to live clinical settings.
Active learning theough the Cultural Exchange
Maryse Wright is Head of the Language Centre. Oranna Speicher is the E-Learning Development Officer for the Language Centre. Their innovative use of videoconferencing technology allows students to link-up with their peers in Universities in France and Germany to get conversational practice which students feel is 'as good as a face-to-face conversation'.
Videoconferencing can, in a very tangible way, bring professional contacts directly into the teaching room of a University