Case Studies in Web-Controlled Devices and Remote Manipulation
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Authors
Sobh, Tarek M.
Mihali, Raul
Ghimire, B.
Vovk, K.
Gosine, G.
Batra, Puneet
Singh, Amit
Pathak, Sudip
Rosca, Andrew
Issue Date
2002-05
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Education , Distance education , Web controlled devices , Remote manipulation
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Abstract
The concept of distance learning has been more and more articulated during the past few years and is expected to shortly turn into a practical education system within current high level learning institutions. The chances are that distance learning would transparently extend colleges and institutes of education, and could plausibly overtake and turn into a preferred choice of higher education, especially for adult and working students.
The concept would be unachievable without the current technology, for example, the impressive worldwide accessibility of the Internet. The main idea in e-learning is to build adequate solutions that could assure educational training over the Internet, without requiring a personal presence at the degree offering institution. For example, being able to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from an accredited institution while residing thousands of miles away from it and actually never seeing it, except maybe for the graduation ceremony.
The advantages are immediate and of unique importance, to enumerate a few: Scholarship / education costs can be reduced dramatically, both from a student’s perspective and the institution’s (no need for room and board, for example); The usually tedious immigration and naturalization issues that are common with international students are eliminated; The limited campus facilities, faculty members and course schedules an institution can offer are no longer a boundary; Working adults can consider upgrading skills without changing their lifestyles
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Citation
T. Sobh, R. Mihali, B. Ghimire, K. Vovk, G. Gosine, P. Batra, A. Singh, S. Pathak, and A. Rosca, "Case Studies in Web-Controlled Devices and Remote Manipulation." In the Computing Journal, volume 1, issue #1, pp 56--63, August 2002.