Implementing a Videoconferencing Studio in Cape Verde to Support a Blended Learning Education System

摘要

In 2004, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation invited the University ofAveiro to develop an education and training program in advanced topics ofICT for Cape Verde. The focus should be on technologies to support thedevelopment of distance education. Two years later, when the programwas started, the University of Aveiro had a high-performancevideoconferencing Studio installed by the Foundation for National ScientificComputing. However, the investment to duplicate this high quality structureand operating costs were not compatible neither with the project’s budgetnor with the technological options available in Cape Verde. This paperdemonstrates the decision-making process by an economically viableoption to meet the needs and local peculiarities.