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- W388160246 abstract "Tucson, Arizona and Irbid, Jordan lie 10 time zones apart at 32 degrees latitude. Jordan’s climate zones resemble those in desert Arizona, where the drier areas in particular have problems with crops damaged from salt buildup in soils. Irrigation is a particular challenge. Research and teaching conducted at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid offer applied approaches to similar agricultural and environmental problems. By collaborating internationally and sharing solutions, faculty and students at both universities can make a difference in how quickly new methods and technologies are adopted in their own areas and also in other parts of the world. Real-time Internet classes speed this process by eliminating travel, housing, visas, international tuition and other requirements that take time and cost money. That was the aim of a real-time Internet civil engineering course offered between the UA and JUST from October 2006 to January 2007. A first for both institutions, 18 students in Jordan participated in a class transmitted live from Tucson as they sat in their classroom in Irbid. “This is the first experience in a Jordanian university in full long-distance learning,” says Ziad Al-Ghazawi, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at JUST. “It attracted a fantastic mix of students from backgrounds in agriculture, chemical, civil and environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary course was offered by JUST’s Civil Engineering graduate program. We received a letter from the head of the Royal Scientific Society congratulating us on this course.” Thanks to technical expertise and equipment available in both locations, the graduate course “Irrigation Management of Reclaimed Water” (with a special focus on salinity) was transmitted from the UA to JUST through a free broadband connection that provided a high-quality feed. Three monitors in each location enabled faculty and students to see and talk to one another as if they were in the same room. Other system components included two cameras, a laptop, an ELMO for projecting images, and a transmission bridge. The class format included live lectures from Al-Ghazawi in Jordan, and from Pete Waller, associate professor, and Muluneh Yitayew, professor, both in the UA Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, teaching in Tucson. Faculty uploaded lab notes, pictures and video clips of the Real-time Internet Course from Arizona to Jordan" @default.
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- W388160246 title "Going the Distance: Real-time Internet Course from Arizona to Jordan" @default.
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