1. Elluminate and Distance Education

2. Distance Education Factors for success  Not the poor cousin of the classroom  Frequent personal contact  Transparent resources and tools  Not the poor cousin of the classroom  Frequent personal contact  Transparent resources and tools

3. Examples  Athabasca University  British Open University  Faculty of Extension  Alberta Distance Learning  Athabasca University  British Open University  Faculty of Extension  Alberta Distance Learning

4. Dealing with isolation and distance  Speed  Human contact  Voice  Faces  Convenience  Asynchronous  Synchronous  Speed  Human contact  Voice  Faces  Convenience  Asynchronous  Synchronous

5. Solutions  Hybrid courses  One week face to face  Systems  Centra  Breeze  Elluminate  Hybrid courses  One week face to face  Systems  Centra  Breeze  Elluminate

6. Hacks  Chat clients  MSN  Y!  AOL  Skype  Netmeeting  Chat clients  MSN  Y!  AOL  Skype  Netmeeting