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19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences

Tony Karrer

We’ve used Elluminate as our webinar system. For us, we create a discussion topic associate with the session and attach files or content into that. Open discussions have worked, but they are risky. People don’t read things, or enter discussions ahead of the sessions. Technical Issues. It has issues with firewalls.

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Synchronous Software Scavenger Hunts

Experiencing eLearning

Application training via a synchronous tool like WebEx, Adobe Connect, or Elluminate too often ends up with passive learners. Last spring, I had a great discussion with Ellen Behrens on what kind of training works effectively in webinars. Just-in-time, interactive training that supports or simulates actual tasks is my first choice.

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Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID Live on EdTechTalk)

Learning Visions

Social presence for many is constructed through discussion boards. Tools like Elluminate can provide connection through voice and immediacy. Encourage faculty to have intro activities where individuals can identify a little about themselves, their interest and expectations about course. Can be dry, but there are fun ways to do this.

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SharePoint in Corporate Learning - Free Micro Virtual Conference

Tony Karrer

We will be starting with the topic: SharePoint in Corporate Learning Live Sessions: Tuesday March 10, 8 - 10 AM Pacific Thursday March 12 from 8 - 9 AM Pacific Community discussion will occur in between. The second day is discussion and conclusions. If you are interested in attending, go to the Learn Trends Ning Site and sign-up.

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Learning from Others in the Room

Tony Karrer

” @chambo_online “Very intrigued to have 130 people writing on a whiteboard all at once at #learntrends … and amazingly, it didn’t suck” @cynan_sez “130+ people writing on same Elluminate whiteboard and GWave also being completed. The time we had for open discussion didn’t seem to achieve that much discussion. It rambled.

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TCC08: Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible

Experiencing eLearning

Threaded discussions. Elluminate has real-time captioning available (I’ve never seen anyone use this in a presentation before–very nicely done. It’s not just whether it’s possible, but how usable it is. Online course with asynchronous (LMS) & synchronous (Web conferencing). Text-based files. Matthew (Blind).

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Learning futures festival

Learning with e's

Y'see the sessions will be delivered synchronously online through Elluminate, so I can dress how I want on this occasion. This two hour seminar and discussion forum will explore the potential of social web for both formal and informal learning. Here's the blurb on the session: The Social web, also known as Web 2.0