The following paragraph describes the work of Wang, Chen, and Wu (2015), which discusses the role of videoconferencing technologies in multiple educational organizations and societies. Therefore, the aforementioned authors accent on the high importance of educational video materials performance during certain classes. The authors support their thoughts with a statement that such videoconferencing technologies influence the audience’s attention and make people more interested and involved in a particular topic (Wang et al., 2015). Moreover, some video material also presents audio tracks, which also show a better impact on the audience’s memory and let people obtain more information than during a regular lecture.
Instructional Contribution
This paragraph is to review scholarly work by Denis (2016), which evaluates videoconferencing technology’s instructional contribution. The author stresses that various videoconferencing systems are building the future education and that a wide range of educational video material is more interesting for any audience to get acquainted with. According to Denis (2016), the most valuable factor is that any visual information can be learned and examined multiple times, whereas a verbal lecture’s material may be explored only once. This factor makes it possible for students with weak memorizing abilities to grasp and follow particular recommendations of the given material properly.
Moreover, Denis (2016) claims that this modern videoconferencing technology reduces time wastes, which is an essential factor in such spheres as education, business, politics, and so on. Another advantage of videoconferencing technology’s instructional contribution is the cooperation among members of a particular organization or society to work, regardless of one another’s a physical location.
Learning Support Technology
The following paragraph is to review scholarly work by Kivunja (2015), which describes and discusses some innovative applications of videoconferencing learning support technologies. The author outlines that the aforementioned methodology is one of the most developing technologies in the education system nowadays because various professors and other scientific collaborations imply such opportunities for their students as using video or social media credible material as primary sources for their projects and works.
This methodology gives people who use video conferencing advantages for their knowledge benefits and abilities of searching, evaluating, and recognizing required material on their own. Besides, particular videoconferencing innovations make teachers’, mentors’, and professors’ work much easier, informative, and efficient due to the improving demonstration quality and lecture material presentations.
Innovative Applications in IT
This paragraph is to review a book by Schwalbe (2015), which presents innovative applications of information technology that also meet similar needs met by videoconferencing technology. According to Schwalbe (2015), information technologies provide the privilege of being aware of all the required or requested information to one’s clients or audience. Digital descriptions and directions reduce many time wasters that are essential for various briefings and instructions.
Moreover, these innovative applications of information technology let educators share necessary files, works, and visual aids with their students. Furthermore, some suitable programs and software make the cooperation process or education more convenient for both sides due to the automatic calculations and other digital processes that do not require human intervention.
Videoconferencing from a System’s Perspective
The following paragraph is to cover and to explain videoconferencing technology from a system’s perspective. The source by Guzman, Coffman, and Lemay (2016) was examined to gain appropriate knowledge in this field. The research showed that videoconferencing’s primary goal lies in the connection between two or more electronic devices for visual, verbal, and audio communication among a certain number of people.
Another essential function that has to be implied for high-quality communication is an extended area for a wider video resolution, which helps to obtain the provided knowledge or information more efficiently and permanently (Guzman et al., 2016). Nevertheless, there is a specific patent that was released and developed by the government of the United States of America, which provides and ensures that all the instructions are followed. The rules of this patent cannot be disregarded by mentors under any circumstances.
Privacy and Security Advantages and Disadvantages
As in any communication system, videoconferencing has its advantages and disadvantages, which are to be discussed below. As Adjorlolo and Chan (2015) state in their mutual work, people who use the same videoconferencing service as one does are not able to steal his or her private information because it contradicts the law of the United States of America and is considered as a crime by the government. Nevertheless, people can use, share, and download all the information that was previously uploaded by any person. According to Adjorlolo and Chan (2015), any creative, original, or valuable creation that might be accessed during a videoconferencing communication, is obligated to be previously purchased from an original author. If the rules above are disregarded by one of the videoconference members, he or she becomes administratively responsible for one’s deliberate action.
Sustainable Application of Videoconferencing
This paragraph is to discuss work by Dastbaz, Pattinson, and Akhgar (2015), which explains a sustainable application of videoconferencing technology. Nowadays, almost every company, office, and corporation uses various services of videoconferencing to communicate with auxiliaries, colleagues, and to be aware of all the significant events. This strategy will remain beneficial for both sides of this type of communication because it lets people travel and stay in touch with one’s colleagues at the same time. The cooperation among colleagues might become more friendly and effective due to such conditions. Therefore, this situation is unlikely to change (Dastbaz et al., 2015).
All the required technologies are at a high level, which allows having a videoconference without any troubles or connection problems. To prove the sustainable application of videoconferencing technology, it would be proper to say that such companies as Apple, Nike, Tesla, and many others are using this type of communication to manage their businesses.
Leadership and Development of Videoconferences
The following paragraph is to discuss a work by Hernandez (2015), which describes leadership in a rollout or development project of videoconferencing technology. The main positions on the market of videoconferencing equipment and software are already taken by the world-wide corporations. Nevertheless, some small companies and start-ups develop new technologies that are purposed to make the videoconferencing process more easy, common, and natural. Unfortunately, this sphere requires multidimensional investments. Therefore, new and young developers on the market do not have many opportunities, whereas such corporations as Sony, Apple, Microsoft, and Dell, compete among one another in this segment. It would be proper to state that developing new technologies for videoconferencing is essential in today’s world because many businesses, educational organizations, and society in general, are unlikely to refuse using such helpful methods in daily lives.
References
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