Virtual Presence in Blended Learning Online and Onsite Courses

Presence in the classroom has guided the learning concepts in secondary education until the advent of on-line classes and the concept of blended learning opportunities. This paper addresses the hardware and software components that make a student virtual presence possible in the traditional university courses for both the military student and traditional student. The question of concern on whether the virtual presence provides the same educational learning abilities as the onsite classroom provides is also addressed in this paper