NDSU offers several distance education alternatives.
ND IVN
The North Dakota Interactive Video Network (ND IVN) uses V-Tel, a two-way video system, to transmit live audio and video among several sites. An instructor can see and communicate with students at sites around North Dakota or around the world. There is an abbreviated registration/admission procedure for students taking their first one or two graduate courses via IVN. For additional information, contact the IVN Site Coordinator at 800-830-7160 or 701-231-1090, or visit the Web site at www.ndsu.edu/its/depts/ivn.
World Wide Web
NDSU has courses that are available through the World Wide Web. For more information, go to www.ndsu.nodak.edu/DCE/html/grad_web_based.html or contact Distance and Continuing Education at 701-231-7015.
North Dakota State University is one of approximately 170 Internet2 institutions and a partner institution of the very high performance Backbone Network System (vBNS). These two memberships provide high-speed network access to desktops and high-speed connections to other universities and federal agencies for research and distance education.
CourseInfo Gateway (CourseInfo TM) is a WWW-based tool suite to build and manage course materials, virtual courses, and classrooms; NDSU instructors can use the graphical, point-and-click interface to seamlessly incorporate learning material from word processing, audio and video, spread-sheets, and presentation files. The URL is www.courseinfo.ndsu.nodak.edu:8080.
Videoconferencing
NDSU is exploring technologies that will offer classes using videoconferencing programs for classes using the Internet or phone lines. Contact Information Technology Services at 701-231-8688 for information.
Distance education is used to deliver quality postsecondary programs and services to citizens who would not otherwise have access to these services; improve the quality of offerings on each campus by sharing knowledge, courses, services, and resources with each other; and expand services to the state through cooperative arrangements with elementary, secondary, and vocational education; state agencies; and the private sector.
