"Real World" Connections Through Videoconferences
The Learning Technologies Project (LTP) is a partner in NASA's
educational technology program unit, an electronic community
center that fosters interaction, collaboration, and sharing
among educators, learners, and scientists. The John H. Glenn
Research Center's LTP distance learning program, called NASA
Virtual Visits, uses videoconferencing, the Internet, and interactions
with experts to motivate science students by providing real-world
experiences. Students gather resources from the Web, communicate
with team members and experts through e-mail, and are introduced
to the thought processes of experts in the research community
through videoconferencing connections. Students admit that knowing
that experts might see their work is a great motivator!
Glenn LTP is supported in this effort by the staff of the Integrated
Design and Analysis Center (IDAC), a facility developed by the
Systems and Analysis Branch to support collaborative engineering
between NASA, industry, and academia. A special thanks is extended
to the External Programs Directorate for providing a Mars backdrop
for the Japan 2001 event.
Visit the Glenn Learning Technologies Project at http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/
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