| Audio conferencing in distance education means teaching in which the communication is
by telephone. A conference can be conducted with individual students at their homes or
offices but is usually with groups of students. Quality of sound is very important and
many conferences fail because regular office speakerphones are used instead of proper
audio-conference microphone-speaker equipment. While technically, almost any number of
sites can be joined together, it is best for inexperienced instructors to limit the number
to three or four sites until they have developed their teaching techniques. Instructors
must learn four major strategies:
- To create a supportive learning environment
- To present information when there are no visual images
- To ensure participation and interaction
- To obtain feedback when they cannot see the learners
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