INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCINGAND COLLABORATIVE DISTANCELEARNING FOR K-12 STUDENTS ANDTEACHERS: THEORY AND PRACTICE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I:VIDEOCONFERENCING (VC): AN OVERVIEW -- VIDEOCONFERENCING: AN OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 1.1 VIDEOCONFERENCING: HISTORY(A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW) -- 1.2 VIDEOCONFERENCE: DEFINITION -- 1.3 TECHNOLOGY AND TYPES OF VIDEOCONFERENCING -- 1.3.1 1st Criterion: Types of Videoconferencing according to theCommunication Standards (ISDN, IP) -- 1.3.2 2nd Criterion: Types of Videoconferencing according to theVideoconferencing System -- 1.3.3 3rd Criterion: Videoconferences according to the connection betweenthe distant locations and the make-up of participants -- 1.4 VIDEOCONFERENCING APPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- THE CONDITIONS FOR AN EFFECTIVE VC -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 2.1. TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE -- 2.1.1 Sound -- 2.1.2 Image -- 2.1.3 Sharing Data - Applications -- 2.1.4 Connection Speeds -- 2.2 LAY-OUT OF VENUE -- 2.2.1 Arrangement of the room -- 2.2.2 Interior Design -- 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS -- 2.4 SOCIAL PRESENCE -- REFERENCES -- THE FUTURE STEPS IN VIDEOCONFERENCING -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 3.1 VCS BASED ON H.323 STANDARD VS H.320 -- 3.2 HIGH DEFINITION VIDEOCONFERENCING - HDVC -- 3.3 FROM VCS TO TELEPRESENCE -- 3.4 WIRELESS VC SYSTEMS -- 3.5 DISTANT COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS -- 3.6 VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS AND VCS -- 3.7. ACCESS AVAILABILITY TO VC SERVICES VS.VC SYSTEM PURCHASE -- REFERENCES -- PART II -- K-12 INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING(IVC) IN DISTANCE LEARNINGINTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- PEDAGOGICAL UTILIZATION OF IVCIN THE MODERN CLASS -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 4.1 ICT AND DISTANCE LEARNING -- 4.2 THE NEW Κ-12 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

4.3 IVC IN LEARNING AND TEACHING AT DISTANCE -- 4.4 THE PARTICULAR FEATURES OF VIDEOCONFERENCE'SEDUCATIONAL USES -- REFERENCES -- INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING:K-12 DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 5.1 Κ-12 IVC: EXPERTS AND LECTURES -- 5.1.1 General Description -- 5.1.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.1.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.1.4 Pedagogical Utilisation (Learning Activities) -- 5.1.5 Applications -Case studies -- 5.1.6 Web Resources - VC practices -- 5.2 K-12 IVC: VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS -- 5.2.1 General description -- 5.2.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.2.3 Organisational and Technological Requirements -- 5.2.4 Pedagogical Utilisation (Learning Activities) -- 5.2.5 Applications - Case studies -- 5.2.6 Web Resources -- 5.3 K-12 IVC: CONNECTING SCHOOLS (PARTICIPATION EVENTS) -- 5.3.1 General Description -- 5.3.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.3.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.3.4 Pedagogical Utilization (Learning Activities) -- 5.3.5 Applications - Case Studies -- 5.3.6 Web Resources -- 5.4: K-12 IVC: INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AT DISTANCE -- 5.4.1 General Description -- 5.4.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.4.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.4.4 Pedagogical Utilization (Learning Activities) -- 5.4.5 Applications - Case studies -- 5.4.6 Web Resources -- 5.5: K-12 IVC: VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOM(CROSS CURRICULAR THEMATIC APPROACH) -- 5.5.1 General Description -- 5.5.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.5.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.5.4 Pedagogical Utilization (Learning Activities) -- 5.5.5 Applications - Case studies -- 5.5.6 Web Resources -- 5.6 K-12 IVC: DISTANT LOCATIONS AND DISABILITIES(HOMEBOUND VIDEOCONFERENCING)IVC FOR STUDENTS AT REMOTE REGIONS AND HANDICAPPED PEOPLE -- 5.6.1 General Description -- 5.6.2 Illustrative examples.

5.6.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.6.4 Pedagogical Utilization (Learning Activities) -- 5.6.5 Applications - Case studies -- 5.6.6 Web Resources -- 5.7: K-12 IVC: TEACHERS TRAINING & ADMINISTRATIONCOLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES AT DISTANCE -- 5.7.1 General Description -- 5.7.2 Illustrative examples -- 5.7.3 Organizational and Technological Requirements -- 5.7.4 Pedagogical Utilization -- 5.7.5 Applications - Case studies -- 5.7.6 Web Recourses -- REFERENCES -- IVC PEDAGOGY FOR COLLABORATIVEDL IN K-12 INSTRUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- 6.1 DO WE NEED A PEDAGOGICAL MODEL FOR THE EDUCATIONALFACILITATION OF IVC? -- 6.2 THE THEORETICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK OF THESUGGESTED PEDAGOGICAL MODEL FOR IVC -- 6.3 PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE IVC PEDAGOGICAL MODEL -- 6.4 NEEDS ANALYSIS (1ST PHASE) -- Action 1: Investigation of the students' Needs for the Participation in theIVC (Discussion with your students) -- Action 2: Analysis of the current technological characteristics andrequirements -- Action 3: Investigation of the administrative and financial requirements -- 6.5. PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN (2ND PHASE) -- 6.5.1 Instructional Design: (Stage 2A) -- Action 6: Designing the Learning Stages (IVC Pyramid) -- 6.5.2 Technological & Class Design (Stage 2Β) -- 6.5.3 Financial Planning (Stage 2C) -- 6.5.4 Administrative - Organizing Structure (Stage 2D) -- 6.5.5 Evaluation Methodology (Stage 2E) -- 6.6 IMPLEMENTATION (3RD PHASE) -- 6.7 EVALUATION: (4TH PHASE) -- REFERENCES -- PART III:IVC INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:FROM THEORY TO PRACTICECASE STUDIES FOR TEACHINGLANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE"ODYSSEAS 2000-2003" -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- STRUCTURE -- INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING ANDINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: TEACHING LANGUAGECASE STUDY: (ODYSSEAS 2001 - LANGUAGE) -- 7.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 7.2 PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN.

7.2.1 Instructional Design -- 7.2.2 Classroom Layout and Technological Design -- 7.2.3 Financial Planning -- 7.2.4 Administrative - Organizing Structure -- 7.2.5 Evaluation Methodology -- 7.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTION -- 7.3.1 The 1st VC / Date: 14 March 2001 -- 7.3.2 The 2nd VC / Date: 15 March 2001 -- 7.3.3 The 3rd VC / Date: 21 March 2001 -- 7.3.4 The 4th Lesson Plan / Date: 28-March-2001 -- 7.3.5 The 5th Lesson Plan 29-March-2001 -- 7.4 EVALUATION - RESULTS -- 7.4.1. General Description -- 7.4.2 Students' skills and knowledge Evaluation -- 7.4.3. Teachers' skills and knowledge Evaluation -- 7.4.4. Evaluation of technological infrastructure -- 7.4.5. Students expectations (EXANTE EVALUATION) -- 7.4.6. Evaluation of the teaching methodology - students' view (ONGOINGEVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 7.4.7 Evaluation of the Social Impact - Students' views (ONGOINGEVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 7.4.8. Final Impressions (EXPOST EVALUATION) -- 7.4.9. Students' expectations against Final Impressions (EXANTE &EXPOST Evaluation) -- 7.5 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7.5.1 Evaluation of the students' knowledge and skills -- 7.5.2 Evaluation of teachers' knowledge and skills -- 7.5.3 Evaluation of schools -- 7.5.4 Evaluation of technological equipment -- 7.5.5 Recording of the students' expectations before the start of the program(EX ANTE EVALUATION) -- 7.5.6 Evaluation of the teaching methodology on the part of the students(ONGOING EVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 7.5.7 Evaluation of the social impact from the students' standpoint(ONGOING EVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 7.5.8 Final impressions of the students (EX POST EVALUATION) -Comparison of EX ANTE & EX POST Evaluation. -- 7.6 CONTRIBUTORS / PARTICIPANTS -- 7.7 SNAPSHOTS FROM THE VCS -- REFERENCES -- CASE STUDY: (ODYSSEAS 2002 - MATHEMATICS)INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING ANDINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:TEACHING MATHEMATICS.

8.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 8.2 PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN -- 8.2.1 Instructional Design -- 8.2.2 Classroom Layout and Technological Design -- 8.2.3 Financial Planning -- 8.2.4 Administrative - Organizing Structure -- 8.2.5 Evaluation Methodology -- 8.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTION -- 8.3.1 The 1st VC / Date: 13/03/2002 -- 8.3.2 The 2nd VC / Date: 20/03/02 -- 8.3.3 The 3rd VC/Date: 27/03/2002 -- 8.3.4 The 4th Lesson Plan Date: 03/04/2002 -- 8.3.5 The 5th Lesson Plan Date: 10/04/02 -- 8.4 EVALUATION - RESULTS -- 8.4.1. General Description -- 8.4.2 Students' ICT skills -- 8.4.3. Teachers' skills and knowledge Evaluation -- 8.4.4. Evaluation of technological infrastructure -- 8.4.5 Students' expectations (EXANTE EVALUATION) -- 8.4.6. Evaluation of the instructional methodology - students' views(ONGOING EVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 8.4.7 Evaluation of the Social Impact - Students' views (ONGOINGEVALUATION 1,2,3,4,5) -- 8.4.8. Final Impressions (EXPOST EVALUATION) -- 8.4.9. Students' Expectations against Final Impressions (EXANTE &EXPOST Evaluation) -- 8.5. DISCUSSION - CONCLUSIONS -- First Area: Evaluation of the teaching methodology -- Second Area: Evaluation of the social Impact -- Third Area: Comparative analysis (Face-to-face Teaching - Hybrid LearningEnvironment) -- Fourth Area: Comparative Analysis (initial expectations, final impressions) -- 8.6 CONTRIBUTORS / PARTICIPANTS -- 8.7 SNAPSHOTS FROM THE VCS -- REFERENCES -- CASE STUDY: (ODYSSEAS 2002 -SCIENCE FAIR)INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCING ANDINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: SCIENCE FAIR -- 9.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 9.2 PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN -- 9.2.1 Instructional Design -- 9.2.2 Classroom Layout and Technological Design -- 9.2.3 Financial Planning -- 9.2.4 Administrative - Organizing Structure -- 9.2.5 Evaluation Methodology -- 9.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTION -- 9.3.1 The 1st VC -- 9.3.2 The 2nd VC.

9.3.3 The 3rd VC.