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US 2012/0237914 A1Published application
Teaching method using virtual in-room teachers and teaching assistants
OwnerDonald Spectorinventor
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Abstract
A method for teaching uses lectures performed at a remote location and transmitted to remote computers, in combination with remote teaching assistants. The method has the following steps: performing a lecture; capturing the lecture; transmitting the lecture to a plurality of remote locations either simultaneously with or at a later time than the lecture performance; providing students at each of the remote sites; providing an instructor at another remote site; displaying the lecture for viewing by the students; and providing remote educational support for the students by the instructor.
Claims13
A method for teaching, comprising:
- performing a lecture at a first location;
- recording the lecture during the step of performing;
- transmitting the lecture to a computer at each of a plurality of other locations remote from said first location;
- providing students at each of the remote locations;
- providing an instructor and a computer at another remote location;
- displaying the lecture for viewing on the computers by the students and instructor;
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- providing educational support for the students by the instructor by transmitting information from the instructor's computer to the students' computers.
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