Telepresence: Distance Learning with students in class | Apprenance transmédia § Formations | Scoop.it

Telepresence is a type of online learning. In fact, it is more aptly described as an improved videoconference that tries to replicate face-to-face communication without the constraint of students and teachers having to be in the same room.

When we think of online learning or distance learning, we imagine the students on their computer at home listening to a synchronous or asynchronous presentation by a teacher. What makes Jacky Boucher’s pilot study interesting is that in the telepresence approach the students are in school, sitting together in a classroom and the teacher is at home or in a workplace. Why is this approach appealing to colleges and their students?


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