Distance Learning with Limited Bandwidth

This paper discusses an asynchronous distance-learning course offered by faculty at Manhattan College in New York to Bethlehem University, an Arab university in the West Bank.The course is Computer Architecture, a junior-level course in Bethlehem's Computer and Information Systems program.The motivation for offering the course through distance is that it is extremely difficult to get qualified faculty to physically go to the Arab West Bank.The paper will discuss how we overcame the technical limitations of extremely limited bandwidth.It will also present the author's experiences in working with the Arab students in this mode of learning.