OU College of Nursing Expands `Distance' Teaching

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The University of Oklahoma College of Nursing is expanding its teaching methods to allow students to earn college credit by satellite and over the Internet. This semester the college offers 26 "distance" courses.

The nursing college's two main campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa continue to offer courses taught the old-fashioned way: students sit in a classroom, listen to lectures and interact with professors and each other. But, with the help of advanced electronic technology called H.323 -- the same mode used for Internet data traffic -- students in Lawton, Woodward, Claremore and Ada are able to attend and participate in classes via real-time interactive video. …