Q. What is Distance Education?

A:  An instructional strategy/program where the teacher and student are separated by physical space and/ortime. A variety of educational media can be employed, from workbooks/assignments, to web-based learning environments, to high-end room-sized IVC systems. Some employ synchronous teaching/learning techniques, others employ asynchronous teaching/learning techniques.

Q. What is a Content Provider?

A:  A formal or informal education agency that provides educational content through interactive video conferencing to K-12 schools.

Q. What is Bandwidth?

A:  Refers to the capacity of your communications network, or frequency, between two nodes on a network. Bandwidth capacity determines the amount of data (or video packets) that can be transmitted in the channel (pipe).

Q. What is Telehealth?

A:  Telehealth, also known as telemedicine, is using telecommunications technology (i.e., video conferencing) to provide health care, health education, and health information across a distance. Telehealth allows the diagnosis and treatment of patients by doctors who are not physically located in the same geographical location as the patient.

Q. What is Personal Video?

A:  Personal Video is a video device or video software for an individual to use at anytime. This could range anywhere from a conference room setup to a mobile, desktop, or PC based setup that is used for real-time, face-to-face communication, also known as video conferencing.