How to make Video Conferencing Work in Classrooms?

Imagine a child so eager to go to school just because he wants to learn. Let us face it, not every child wakes up in this mood. But what if going to school takes him to different places and lets him discover foreign lands and different animals? How about talking to a famous celebrity or politician? Is it not a wonderful, exciting learning experience? Nowadays, this is possible through video conferencing.

More and more learning institutions have been using audio and video transmission to communicate with students and fellow educators. Classroom video conferencing is becoming more and more popular especially for higher education students with limited time, money or with physical disability.
Distance learning is often confused with classroom video conferencing. However, they are not synonymous. Distance learning refers to the method of teaching between teachers and students in two different locations, while video conferencing is a tool used to bridge the gap caused by lack of physical interaction in the classroom. And how video conferencing really works in a classroom depends on how the teacher uses it.

How do you define value from a vendor from your conferencing provider?

What are the values that drive the success of your conferencing initiatives? Is it advice? Design? Is it the amount of functionality that you receive with the service?

We’ve seen a great deal of changes in the conferencing landscape over the past year. Users have increasingly begun to make calls on their cell phones rather than their desk phones. Changes like the aforementioned evolution of calling platforms have led us to ask ourselves internally; what drives the success of a clients collaboration efforts? At ConferenceShopper we believe that the success of our clients should be built on support, mobility, and collaboration.

What should you expect from your conferencing provider?

Today there is a multitude of different types of Web and Audio Conferencing services. When evaluating a new Collaboration service, what are some of the items that you should expect? Should it be mobile centric? Should it be able to seamlessly tie into your desktop, mobile, and tablet device? At ConferenceShopper we’ve had the privilege of watching the Conferencing world grow and evolve over the past years. In doing so, we believe conferencing should now be able to not only integrate with your mobile devices, but should natively provide a video, web, and audio service regardless of the device the product is being accessed on.