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Distance & Online Education offers
courses in many disciplines throughout the year. Courses
are delivered through various technologies and formats
including interactive television, compressed video,
internet, intranet, video streaming technologies and
combinations of these systems.
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Depending on the
technology utilized, students participate in the class
"live" or asynchronously through materials archived online.
Distance Education satisfies the needs of a diverse student
population as near as the University of Maine and as far
as the most remote international location. The program
offers maximum flexibility, allowing students to plan
courses around their demanding schedules. Technology brings
previously inaccessible courses to many more students,
facilitating degree completion for some and opening new
learning pathways for others. |
While the ITV and compressed video courses are available at
sites and centers throughout Maine, the online and video streaming
courses offer prospective students significant flexibility.
Regardless of the time (or time zone) students may access courses
at their own convenience. Students contemplating enrolling in
an online course should always refer to the course web page
to ensure that they meet all technical requirements.
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to find Summer University Online courses..
University of Maine online courses are not simply "text-based"
but deliver audio and video on-demand viewing. Audio and video
files are delivered through "streaming" technologies which allow
for immediate access. There is no waiting for the material to
download, and the files do not use any storage space on student's
computer. Student contemplating enrolling in a course that utilizes
video streaming should always refer to the course web page to
ensure that they meet all technical requirements.
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to find Summer University Video Streaming courses..
Using a computer, or special hardware, television signals can
be compressed and sent through phone and data lines. Through
television monitors students interact
with classmates in real time throughout Maine and all over
the world. Students see, hear, and speak live with people anywhere
in the world, creating a global classroom environment.
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to find Summer University Video Conference courses..
ITV courses are broadcast real-time by faculty from the University
of Maine campus to over 100 centers and sites across Maine.
Students attending at these sites view the class on TV monitors
and interact with the instructor and the other students using
a toll-free classroom telephone.
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to find Summer University ITV courses..
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