The Interactive SchoolOne of the newest ways that Sunset International Bible Institute has expanded its ministry is through the recent addition of interactive video teleconferencing. This state-of-the-art technology allows students in a "remote classroom" to take part in the actual classes being taught at the residential campus in Lubbock, TX. Classes are transmitted live to Fall River, MA as well as to Puyallup, WA, the second SIBI interactive facility that began August 2007.  SIBI Interactive Class in Puyallup, WA Through a live broadband internet connection, remote classroom students can see and interact with the instructors as they teach. Instructors can, in turn, see the students thousands of miles away and interact with them. The result is that the instructor can teach and interact with students in the classroom in Lubbock, as well as with students in the remote classroom in Puyallup, WA, as if they were all in one location. This makes it possible for students in remote locations to jointly study God's word just as though they were resident students in Lubbock. Through this arrangement, SIBI Northwest is able to offer the entire two year Bible training program being taught at the resident school in Lubbock. Students in Puyallup who complete the classes and requirements, receive the same graduation certificate from SIBI that the resident students in Lubbock receive. We believe that this effort to share Sunset's proven curriculum with students in distant locations will set the tone for future training of ministers in every part of this country and the entire world. |
