Abstract:

In today's rapidly developing era, a significant number of the academic education methods and material are being adopted as an integral part of the educational and learning process. It appears that the evolution and progress of such material, which have led to highly sophisticated and effective educational tools, have slowly managed to alter and replace the very essence of the existing traditional teaching methods. It would only be expected that certain academic subjects and subject fields will, in the near future, differentiate the traditional -in class- lectures by choosing a live streaming or asynchronously broadcasted videoed ones. The output of the educational material in question offers great advantages to both academic institutions and academic students when it comes to financial issues and geographical restrictions. The Hellenic Open University (HOU) has already managed to create educational material by using the asynchronous webcasting methods. In fact, and although the developing process and progress of these teaching tools are still in full swing, some academic subjects at the HOU are hence benefiting by the live streaming educational tools mentioned above.This research will confirm and present the substantial advantages that can be offered to the academic community through the use of such innovating material and infrastructure.

Keywords:

Webcasts, e-learning, distance learning, e-books.