Bc Gas To Contribute To Distance Learning Capability
BC Gas President John Reid will be announcing a $50,000 contribution to the University of Northern British Columbia on Monday that will allow the University to take advantage of new distance learning technologies.
The new computer software allows live audio and screensharing to be displayed over the internet, linking the instructor with one or more students. A multi-media computer lab on the campus will be named in recognition of BC Gas. A demonstration of the new technology will be held in UNBC Room 1069 (in the Admin Building) starting at lpm on Monday, February 16th.
"The BC Gas contribution will allow UNBC to purchase the equipment to supplement our academic offerings in northern BC," says UNBC President Charles Jago. "We already offer courses in about a dozen northern BC communities through face-to-face teaching, audioconferencing, videoconferencing, and via the World Wide Web."
"This is entirely interactive," add Dennis Macknak, UNBC Director of Regional Operations. "Not only will students be able to participate in lectures being offered by professors in Prince George, but students here will be able to learn from instructors elsewhere. We could, for example, have an instructor from the Nass Valley lead a First Nations course or an instructor from Fort St John teaching about energy development."
A World Wide Web page describing the new technology can be found at www.ilinc.com
