Lou Albert

Lou Albert(818) 947-2569albertle@lavc.edu

Lou Albert

Lou Albert 5800 Fulton AvenueValley Glen, CA 91401(818) 947-2569(818) 947-2738 faxalbertle@laccd.cc.ca.us

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Lou Albert, director of staff development at LAVC, notes that although the school had used video conferencing in spot applications in the past, Sacks' course was the first time the technology had been applied to several class sessions over a period of weeks.

"It was a unique experience," he says."The technology is so good now that students and faculty forgot it was there, and they talked as if they were all together."Albert points to developments in video-conferencing hardware that improve transmission speeds to virtually eliminate audio delays and technology that allows users to connect multiple endpoints at one time.

De Kerckhove notes that his university has used video-conferencing tools since 1994."I have offered many of my courses to and from afar, in Europe, the U.S., and Japan," he says."It is an ideal format to support face-to-face contacts when the real thing is not available.
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For more information, contact Lou Albert at albertle@mail.lavc.cc.ca.us.

This article originally appeared in the 12/1/2001 Issue of Syllabus

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Lou Albert, director of staff development at LAVC, notes that although the school had used video conferencing in spot applications in the past, Sacks' course was the first time the technology had been applied to several class sessions over a period of weeks.

"It was a unique experience," he says."The technology is so good now that students and faculty forgot it was there, and they talked as if they were all together."Albert points to developments in video-conferencing hardware that improve transmission speeds to virtually eliminate audio delays and technology that allows users to connect multiple endpoints at one time.

De Kerckhove notes that his university has used video-conferencing tools since 1994."I have offered many of my courses to and from afar, in Europe, the U.S., and Japan," he says."It is an ideal format to support face-to-face contacts when the real thing is not available.
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For more information, contact Lou Albert at albertle@mail.lavc.cc.ca.us.

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Lou Albert, director of staff development at LAVC, notes that although the school had used video conferencing in spot applications in the past, Sacks' course was the first time the technology had been applied to several class sessions over a period of weeks.

"It was a unique experience," he says."The technology is so good now that students and faculty forgot it was there, and they talked as if they were all together."Albert points to developments in video-conferencing hardware that improve transmission speeds to virtually eliminate audio delays and technology that allows users to connect multiple endpoints at one time.

De Kerckhove notes that his university has used video-conferencing tools since 1994."I have offered many of my courses to and from afar, in Europe, the U.S., and Japan," he says."It is an ideal format to support face-to-face contacts when the real thing is not available.
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For more information, contact Lou Albert at albertle@mail.lavc.cc.ca.us.

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