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Universities are seeking to step out of their physical boundaries, and
spread education and elightenment to rest of the globe. Distance
education has long been a service universities provide. With the advent
of technology and internet, videos and connected social networks,
universities are enhancing their distance education efforts with the
help of new tools.
The effectiveness of a physical teaching experience is not comparable to
any distance teaching effort. Because communicaiton consists of body
language and tone more than words, effectiveness of physical presence of
a teacher can only be replaced with a visual medium: that is video.
Adding video to other media types such as slides and connecting them to
spots in the video, is the new form of knowledge sharing today. Still
then, the entire paradigm remains a one-way exchange of ideas with not
much room for feedback. Instructors cannot make such sessions an
essential part of their coursework and know for sure who watched which
session and learnt how much.
Ultra Mashup technologies enable a rich, interactive, video-based medium
of instruction whereby a distance education program can be significantly
augmented with the highly effective medium of videos. Ultra Feedback and
Ultra Tracking solve a long time problem of knowing the details of
learner behavior and comprehension. With Ultra Mashup, video based
distance education takes a whole new meaning!
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