Technology- is it Really A Blessing

             For many years, the phenomenon of distance learning with interactive
             video techniques has been used in many institutions. The latest innovations
             of telecommunications technologies, notably compressed interactive video
             systems, have become a great source of long distance learning because they
             have lowered equipment and transmission costs, making interactive video
             affordable for small colleges, businesses, classrooms, libraries and even
             homes to use in making presentations and lectures. Despite such innovations
             interactive video technology has not proven to be a good source as a
             Interactive video is appeals to educators in particular because it
             provides education to those who live in remote locations and cannot travel
             to the university, especially to disabled students. It is also used to
             teach a large number of students simultaneously by one instructor; linked
             with other students from different communities, backgrounds and cultures.
             For instructors, interactive video is an effective tool in the learning
             process because it uses real time or synchronous visual contact between
             However, despite so many advantages, there are some limitations to
             this technology as well. Interactive video has some disadvantages too. To
             begin with it is an expensive technology. This technology is highly state-
             of-the-art; it uses audio and visual techniques, that can be difficult for
             the instructor to fix in case any problem arises. Although, compressed
             video has great advantages in providing education to many students in
             different sites, resulting in the expansion of the typical classroom, but
             then it also results in bad quality teaching styles and strategies. Another
             problem is that instructors have to put in much more time and effort in the
             preparation and presentation of information and knowledge and also to
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