A Report on CTER's Use of Audio Streaming & Conferencing Applications for Online Communications
	Prepared by Jim Bertelsen, CTER Tech Support, Sept. 7, 2001

Overview

This report has been prepared as an informational resource for instructors interested in using Internet-based voice communication technologies in online courses.  CTER's experience with these technologies fits into the following three categories:

• Instructors' Streaming Audio Lectures
• Non-Unidirectional Communication
• Multimedia Presentations: Producing and Serving Content

Please select from the links provided above for discussions of our successes and failures with these technologies, and for our suggestions on how they can be used most effectively.