Blogging Is Hard.

I’ve decided to do my research about a topic that interests me. It consumes my life on a daily basis. Video Conferencing is revolutionizing the way people work, live and most importantly communicate with others. It helps teachers reach students that would normally be out of reach. It helps doctors diagnose patients in the comfort of their homes rather than a germ infested clinic. It allows employees to work from their homes and spend more time with their families rather then catch planes trains and busses to get to work.

The first article I stumbled across is called “A Window to the World: Video Conferencing via Mobile Devices in Schools.” It was written by Damien Maher and published in the Journal of Current Issues in Media & Technology in 2015. The article explains how video conferencing via laptops and other mobile devices supports learning and augments reality which creates a more intense learning environments. The use of video conferencing in classrooms allows students to interact with people who are more or less experienced in their communities.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article and it lead me to my next read. One of the articles cited in the text was called “Facilitating Computer Conferencing: Recommendations from the Field” by Zane Berge. The coolest thing about this article is that it was written in 1995. Hang on while that marinates for a moment. Nineteen Ninety Five. I was four years old, cell phones and tablets were still in pipe dream phase.

The ancient article explains video conferencing as the “merging of computers and telecommunications systems.” I found that extremely interesting and I enjoyed how it simplified the explanation of video conferencing.