Distance Education

There are five distance education classrooms across the ISU campus: two in Dreiser Hall, and one each in the College of Technology, College of Education and the College of Nursing. A distance education classroom is defined by being equipped with cameras and microphones that allow the instruction in the classroom to be delivered live to students watching at remote sites across the state, nation, or globe. Each classroom is connected via fiber to a central switch that enables each room to be connected to various delivery systems: IHETS satellite, IP videoconferencing codecs, (video streaming), or other classrooms. All classrooms are staffed with a student worker who supports the instructor by operating the technology leaving the instructor to focus on teaching and learning.

In addition to live, synchronous instruction, the classrooms may be used to record instruction for asynchronous purposes: video delivered via a link on a course web site, DVD, CD-ROM, or VHS videotape.

Views of the classrooms are available online. These classrooms are scheduled through User Services in the Office of Information Technology.