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Bloomsburg U Tailors Online Learning to the Deaf
11/28/2007
Slike said he expects word to get out as the program continues. About half of the entire masters program could be offered online to remote students, he said. For the remainder, students would have to be physically present, since it requires face to face interaction or student teaching.
Other colleges or universities interested in using real-time interpreted video may want to contact Slike and compare notes; he said he's scoured the country and hasn't found another instance of a higher education use of real-time interpreted video and real-time close captioning simultaneously with a spoken lecture. "As far as we know, this is really cutting edge," Silke said.
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