8x8's ViaTV Videophones, the most practical and affordable video communication device available today, are the perfect tool for schools interested in educating students from afar. Installing in just minutes, ViaTV Videophones use regular telephone lines and do not require a computer or any special wiring. Video calls cost no more than an ordinary telephone call. ViaTV Videophones work with any other ViaTV model or with any H.324-compatible videophone (including computer-based videophones).

Distance learning programs all across the country are using ViaTV Videophones. Here's what a couple are saying about using ViaTV units in their programs:

Scott Robert Homan, Ph.D., Professor of Business, Northwest Nazarene College, Namapa, ID, reports, "We use ViaTV in the two following ways: 1. We have an MBA evening program (mainly working professionals). We allow one student at a time to phone into the class if they have to be out of town on business. 2. We needed an instructor to teach our intro to computer applications class (3 sections of 20+ each). No satisfactory candidate was found locally so we went to one of our Nazarene Sister Colleges/Universities (there are 8 in the US and Canada). The class is taught from Ohio to Namapa."

Ted Boehler Dean of Instruction, Distance learning, Coastline Community College Fountain Valley, CA states, "Coastline College is one of the largest and oldest providers of high quality college credit distance learning courses in the country, serving over 16,000 students each year. We are also one of the largest contractors to the U.S. Navy for college courses. Currently we have ten ViaTV systems in use supporting our various forms of distance learning delivery..."

"Our Via TV units are used primarily for student services support, registration assistance, and course review sessions. We have also used the systems for business and faculty meetings. On one occasion last year when the Dean of Instruction was unable to attend the yearly faculty meeting due to travel, he was able to join the group via the portable ViaTV system he carried in his briefcase. The local hotel room, TV and telephone jack provided all the facilities needed to "join the troops" between the Dean in New Orleans, and the meeting in California. It was a huge success, turning an inconvenient absence into a lesson in 21st century communication possibilities."