We are at the early stages of a quantum leap in educational opportunity, made possible by recent advances in videoconference technology. While videoconferencing has existed in the past, it has just recently become affordable through advances in IP (Internet Protocol) technology.
WHY VIDEOCONFERENCE?
- To enable outstanding educators to reach students far beyond their home schools
- To bring programming from superior Judaic centers, museums and science centers to students
- To virtually combine classrooms to enhance instruction
- To enable teachers to team-teach over distance
- To connect American students with their peers in Israel for study and relationship-building
- To provide teachers with professional development opportunities in the comfort of the local setting
Today there exist several hundred museums, science centers, art institutes and cultural centers offering distance learning through videoconferences to schools and their students. These institutions employ outstanding educators trained in delivering excellent content to early childhood, elementary, middle and high school students via videoconference. Their skill, coupled with the resources available to them in their centers, make their presentations interesting, exciting and compelling. Students are drawn to the content and the educator, resulting in very successful and exciting lessons (designed to both support and enhance school curricula) that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Thus, a world of educational opportunity can be brought to students in the comfort of their school setting. And as students develop a facility with the interactivity of videoconferencing they become more confident learners, while adding to their repertoire of learning skills.
We at Distance Learning Solutions are proud to have joined the ranks of these outstanding content providers, recently winning the prestigious Pinnacle Award from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. We provide a wide range of videoconference content geared to K-12 students, originating from our studios in Jerusalem as well as from remote locations throughout Israel.
Distance Learning Solutions also provides a full range of consulting services to empower school personnel to bring educational videoconferencing to their schools.