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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Scholarly Article: A Scoping Review of Videoconferencing Systems in Higher Education

Title:
A Scoping Review of Videoconferencing Systems in Higher Education

Author:
Hosam Al-Samarraie

Published:
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, vol. 20, no. 3, 2019
doi: https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v20i4.4037 

From the abstract:
"Videoconferencing as a learning tool has been widely used among educators and learners in order to induce effective communication between learners and teachers or learners and their peers, especially when face-to-face means are not possible. Different types of videoconferencing platforms or systems have emerged for use in today's higher education institutions. Previous research has focused on examining the potential of three different forms of videoconferencing systems: desktop videoconferencing (DVC), interactive videoconferencing (IVC), and Web videoconferencing (WVC). In this study, a review of the literature was conducted to increase the current knowledge regarding the use of these conferencng system."