Proceedings of 23rd International Business Research Conference
18 - 20 November, 2013, Marriott Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, ISBN: 978-1-922069-36-8
Successfully Merging Technology with Knowledge Creation:
An Overview of Distant Learning Techniques
Peggy E. Chaudhry, Sohail S. Chaudhry and Hasshi Sudler
The explosion of information technology has allowed universities to provide
professors in cyber classrooms to facilitate learning in another environment.
Lucrative new market segments, such as global MBA programs, have allowed
many institutions to broaden their customer base to serve a virtual customer. In
response to this new demand, several universities have launched “distance
learning” initiatives to geographically broaden their students and appeal to timestarved global consumers. In this paper, we will present several aspects of using
distance learning techniques in a business school environment. The main issues
addressed are the teaching effectiveness and limitations of using both
asynchronous and synchronous learning tools through both web conferencing
using WIMBA and chat sessions, web cases, and videoconferencing in a
graduate business course; and an overview of technologies that will broaden the
type of communication tools, such as avatars in a virtual campus is used to
facilitate distance learning.
Track: Business Education
Key Words: Distance learning, cyber education, web conferencing, video conferencing
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Peggy E. Chaudhry, Associate Professor of International Business, Villanova School of Business,
Villanova, PA 19085, USA, Email: peggy.chaudhry@villanova.edu
Sohail S. Chaudhry, Professor of Operations Management, Villanova School of Business, Villanova, PA
19085, USA, Email: sohail.chaudhry@villanova.edu
Hasshi Sudler, CEO, Internet Think Tank, Inc., Sylvania Building, 1324 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
19107, USA, Email: sudler@inttk.com
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