%0 Journal Article
%T Online Videoconferencing Products: Update
%A Douglas Burton
%A Tim Kitchen
%J International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
%D 2011
%I Athabasca University Press
%X Software allowing real-time online video connectivity is rapidly evolving. The ability to connect students, staff, and guest speakers instantaneously carries great benefits for the online distance education classroom. This evaluation report compares four software applications at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: DimDim, Elluminate VCS, TokBox, and Vyew. Their benefits and shortcomings are contrasted, and efficient educational scenarios for them are suggested.
%K web conference
%K video conference
%K online distance education
%U http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/964/1673