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Issue
40 - June 2004
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A
Brief Glance at the Usage of Video Conferencing Facility
By
Joe Chow
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The
Video Conferencing facility (VC) has always been popular among
CityU users, and have you ever wondered what it is used for?
The use
of VC in CityU can be catalogued into the following types:
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Remote
classroom:
Either lecturers or students are found at the far end. This
kind of classes has been set up between Hong Kong and the
US, Canada, the UK, Taiwan and other European countries.
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Project
and thesis presentation:
Students present their projects to the external examiners
residing overseas.
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Interview
overseas candidate:
Overseas candidates who are not able to come to the CityU
are interviewed.
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Course
panel meeting:
Some courses that are jointly organised by some overseas
universities use VC to conduct panel meetings for local
and overseas course organisers.
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Joint
class:
Some classrooms do not have enough seats to accommodate
all students, and students in different classrooms can attend
the same lecture at the same time.
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Seminars
and conferences
Seminars or conferences can be held to allow local and overseas
participants to attend at the same time.
Below
are the usage statistics in the first half of 2004:
| Type |
Number
of events
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| Remote
classroom |
6
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| Project
and thesis presentation |
4
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| Interview
with overseas candidate |
2
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| Course
panel meeting |
2
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| Joint
class |
1
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| Seminars
and conferences |
2
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| Total |
17
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Compared
to the 15 requests in 2003, this year sees an obvious jump
in usage, which shows that users are getting familiar with
the facility and its versatile functions. Would you be interested
in giving it a try sometime?
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