Using Interactive Whiteboard for Interactive Education in the field of TV and Video Systems

Abstract

In last years, the way to lecture in the universityhas been changed due to educational new models.Nowadays, we change the chalk by digital whiteboards orsmart boards, and this experience means the opening tomultimedia activities in the university. New products give theteacher the opportunity to increase students’ attention andencourage interactivity in the classroom. In presented case,the test has been made with a group of Telecommunicationsstudents; in the past, teachers developed activities ad-hoc toimprove the lectures effectiveness and now the teacher hasdevelops activities ad-hoc using electronic whiteboards.Results show that the participation during the class andspecially students’ motivation have increased. The authorsof this paper conclude that the application of the interactiveboards in university is completely different than in primaryschool, and available resources on the internet are muchmore limited in our subjects.

Index Terms - ICT, Interactivity, University, Smartboards