Done by : Athra AlYazeedi Fatma AlNaabi

• Definition• Features• Limitations• DE Support

A product developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables groups to teleconference using the Internet as the transmission medium.

NetMeeting has been called “theking of the hill for client-side collaborative computing on

IP networks.”

NetMeeting enables us to:

• Conduct conversations via text in real-time with one or more people.

• Use graphic information during NetMeeting .

• Share applications during a conference with one or more NetMeeting users.

• Conduct real video and audio conferencing.

• very easy to use and cheap.

• many features that can be used at the same time.

• less expensive than holding a phone conversation with somebody abroad.

• one-on-one conversations with friends and family who are living abroad

• Computer has to meet many hardware requirements to work properly.

• The connection may gets lost in the middle of a conference.

• There are often temporal delays in the audio, especially when other features are used at the same time.

• Users must trade-off between faster video performance and better image quality.

• Very limited for a large virtual classroom lecture or group meeting.

• Cannot work in different systems operators.

Video Conferencing :• supports the process of

building a learning community for isolated learners

• learners can meet online regularly to complete various tasks

Text-Based Chat : To support discussion

between teacher-student and student-student.

Electronic whiteboard

• negotiation of meaning in task completion as well as constructive learning.

• Both parties engaged in the conferencing can view, write, edit and draw simultaneously

Application SharingA user can share a program running on one computer with other participants in the conference.

“e.g. share a word processing application to collaboratively edit the same document at the same time”.

software demonstration

on time learning activity

Collaboration

• File Transfer: To support sharing

resources between remote teachers and learners

sending learning materials prepared word documents, a PowerPoint slide, a photo, or a web page.

While working together on a class project, students can share video, audio or both with other classmates.

Time of interactionSynchronous

Asynchronous

Type of interaction

Student-student

Student-teacher

Student-content

Student-machine

Learning styleGroup-based

Self-based learning

Flexibility

Anytime

Anyplace

Ease of access/use

Speed

Development

Feedback

Delivery

InstructionStand-alone medium

Multimedia support

Cost