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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. I’m guilty of this myself too; I’ve done some boring synchronous training that didn’t offer any opportunity to practice skills. Informative Events vs. Information Dumps.

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Key Steps to Preparing Great Synchronous Interactions

Experiencing eLearning

These are my live blogged notes from Karen Hyder’s webinar, Key Steps to Preparing Great Synchronous Interactions from the Training Magazine Network. Synchronous time is “premium time&# : if you just want “chalk & talk,&# just record it and let people watch on their own time. Image Credit : elluminate by shareski.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: e-Learning Guild Synchronous Learning Systems

Learning Visions

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 e-Learning Guild Synchronous Learning Systems e-Learning Guild presentation on Synchronous Learning Systems hosted by Steve Wexler, Karen Hyder, and Karl Kapp. This is true of all synchronous learning -- presenters have to keep people focused. Elluminate 4.2% 81% said no! GoTo Meeting 2.8%

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First Impressions of TelePresence

Experiencing eLearning

We decided to mute, similar to what we would do with a big group in a web conferencing tool like WebEx or Elluminate. Read their article on connecting students across multiple locations and TelePresence training materials (including teaching best practices) for more info. Should we mute ourselves when we’re not presenting?

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LearnTrends: Extending Learning to the Edges of Organizations

Experiencing eLearning

We teach not to create little living libraries on the subject, but practitioners. Tried to show video of Meet Charlotte, but video doesn’t work well over Elluminate. This is not a synchronous platform–experts can use a webcam and easily record and upload content. Aspects of learning. Experience. Conversation.

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Five tools for global educators

Learning with e's

I consider myself a global educator and have tried to articulate my ideas on why this is a different role to traditional teaching. We are connected educators, linked in to a number of powerful global communities of practice, and we have access to resources, dialogue and audiences we would not enjoy in a traditional learning and teaching role.

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The power of Voice in online classrooms

E-Learning Acupuncture

You are an art history teacher and you are assigned with teaching a distance course. In the classroom, you have had great success with a teaching approach that involves showing photos on the big screen and building teaching moments by discussing with students the important elements of the image.