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19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences

Tony Karrer

I was recently asked me about my recommendations for conducting effective online conferences (virtual conference). They had attended the LearnTrends free online conference. We’ve used Elluminate as our webinar system. Session timing and design is difficult online. Some people take online commitments lightly.

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Elluminating experience

Learning with e's

Just enjoyed an interesting half hour testing out the Elluminate Live! platform in preparation for a panel session I will be doing with Helen Keegan (Salford University) and Nicholas Breakwell (Hibernia College, Dublin) for the Sloan Consortium International Symposium entitled 'Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning'.

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Weekly Bookmarks (1-2-2011)

Experiencing eLearning

Four-step model by Ruth Clark on designing for synchronous online training via Elluminate etc. Better than your average tag cloud–interactive, colorful, shaped like clouds, etc. tags: visualization tagging tools. Four Steps to Effective Virtual Classroom Training by Ruth Clark : Learning Solutions Magazine.

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

Learning Visions

52) Essentially – it’s giving people the chance to be known as a real person in an online virtual classroom. From an ID perspective -- what can you do to create social presence in an online classroom? Tools like Elluminate can provide connection through voice and immediacy. Reaching beyond the classroom walls.

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Key Steps to Preparing Great Synchronous Interactions

Experiencing eLearning

. “Death by PowerPoint online is worse than Death by PowerPoint in the classroom&# (not an exact quote, but gets the gist of what she said). Lecture is a bad use of synchronous online learning. Animations when possible (in Elluminate, must do a slide for each change). Balance Online Activities. PPTs for structure.

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Daily Bookmarks 03/31/2008

Experiencing eLearning

The Bamboo Project Blog: Guide to Using Free Tools to Create an Online Portfolio. 6 steps to create your online portfolio (something I really should start working on one of these days). Diigo sandbox in elluminate in 1 1/2 hour… | Diigo Message System. Classroom Management Quotes. tags: education , quoteable.

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TCC08: Transitioning from WebCT to Sakai

Experiencing eLearning

Missed the beginning of the presentation due to my computer’s inability to start Elluminate in under 9 minutes). Q: Is the mentoring face-to-face or online? A: In the past has been mostly face-to-face, but are doing some mentoring through Elluminate too. Open-ended interview questions for faculty. Faculty responses.

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