New Horizons in Education Through Teleconferencing

By Praful Shah, VP Corporate Development EagleACD and
EagleTeleconferencing

 

Because of the competitive advantage distance learning has afforded schools
during past few years, many have begun to offer course via distance using audio
conferencing. A growing number of US schools and companies are adopting audio
conferencing to achieve an effective presence abroad without distance travel.
Now many enterprises have invested heavily in building tele-training systems and
courses for their employees.

 

The following four major drivers are widely accelerating the use of audio
conferencing.

 

 

 

 

EagleTeleconferencing, with its global bridge capacity to provide over 10
billion minutes of annual calling traffic, has been supporting the education
market by providing customer-centric solutions.  We have noticed that our
customers’ audio global conferencing minutes per month has more than doubled
during last 3 years as the acceptance of distant learning accelerates.

 

Distance education can provide adults with a second chance at a college
education, reach those disadvantaged by limited time, distance or physical
disability, and update the knowledge base of workers at their places of
employment. The interactive audio conferencing provides following
advantages.

 

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Audio conferencing with its real-time on demand feature has proved to be
more useful, robust, and cost-effective for the distance learning. We expect
continued growth as other communication technologies such as web conferencing
and video conferencing are supplemented for a full collaborative learning
approach.

 

Praful Shah is a seasoned telecom professional with diversified telecom
management and operations experience. Currently, he is the VP-of Corporate
Development at EagleACD and EagleTeleconferencing. He has held increasingly
responsible positions, first in R&D at Johnson & Johnson (where he was
awarded a patent for his work) and Bell Labs. The, he shifted to marketing roles
at AT&T, including the development of marketing strategies for Europe, India
and the Middle East, video on demand for the US market and finally global data
and voice network operations, establishing contracts with various telephone
companies. His volunteer works includes designing, developing and implementing
Computer Technology Park and Outsourcing Center for disabled youngsters in
India. He has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Wisconsin, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Rider
University.