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The traditional classroom is transforming. Villanova
University’s College of Engineering is at the forefront of this trend in its
award winning distance education program. With this evolving mode of delivering higher
education, professors and students who are separated by physical distance
are able to bridge the instructional gap through the use of technology.
The College has three world-class
distance education classrooms that have allowed it to
offer master's degrees fully online with the latest
technology.
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 Video Clip: "Distance
Education"
Director Sean O'Donnell discusses the advantages of Distance Education.
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Flash Video, 3.7 MB) |
Using video teleconferencing, tablet PC's, and the
latest rich-media web broadcast, classes can be
delivered anytime, anywhere, to anyone, without
compromising the quality of education. Everything in the
program is broadcast live and then archived and made
available to all students in the class 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. In this way, the online program not
only creates the online experience, but also enhances
the regular in-class environment.
This
method of instruction provides the opportunity for students to pursue their
engineering education with the flexibility that is essential in today’s
business world.
"I'm going to watch the lecture later
tonight - the advantage of your technology! This format is
the only way I'm able to do this program. Working full time, wife,
house, one year old....I never thought a "real" masters would be an
option for me."
-Keith Ottes
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