Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

), Carderock Division.At this point, two classes were being offered one night per week using video teleconferencingamong three sites; VCES, Carderock, and the Virginia Tech main campus in Blacksburg, VA.At that time, very few engineering classes – from anywhere – were being offered in a distance-learning mode. The problem was that the resolution of the video teleconferencing medium wastoo poor to deliver the equation-intensive material in these courses. The instructors would haveto write equations in large characters in order to be legible over the TV and were often frustratedby the small amount they could fit on one screen. Students had no way of pointing to orinteracting with the mathematical material the professor was presenting. Demonstration