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Desktop Videoconferencing and the Virtual Practicum.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Passmore, Graham J. Barneveld, Christina Van Laing, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | This paper describes a pilot project that explored teacher candidates’ opinions of the use of desktop videoconference technologies to provide teaching experiences that mimic the real-world practicum. Opinions were gleaned from questionnaires and reflective papers. Videoconference software was said to mimic certain aspects of the practicum such as: direct instruction, questioning, tutoring, and one-on-one scenarios that rely to a large extent on audio communication. The candidates also reported that limitations of the technology (e.g., slow frame rates, inability to capture students’ facial expressions, and inability to simultaneously capture images of students’ and written work as it is created) constrain its ability to mimic the practicum. The limitations lead candidates to suggest that videoconference sessions might be used by a Faculty of Education to augment but not replace the realworld practicum experience. |
| Starting Page | 81 |
| Ending Page | 98 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 51 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ848451.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
