4. USE OF WEBCAMS
⢠Use your webcam (or at least show a picture)
briefly at the start of the session as part of the
introduction
⢠Have students do the same if they have them ,
if they want to, and if bandwidth allows
⢠I recommend you then turn off webcams to
conserve bandwidth, but it is a personal
choice.
5. Establish âModus Operandiâ (Ground
Rules) for the session
⢠Questions/Comments: any time?
Throughout session? At the end? In text
chat? Via voice? Using
the hands-up tool?
⢠How will you handle the
text chat? Will you use a co-
moderator?
8. HOW MIGHT YOU USE WEB
CONFERENCING
/VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS?
9. What kinds of synchronous activities can you
use in virtual classrooms?
TEACHING OTHER
⢠âstraight lectureâ ⢠Office hours
⢠Guest lecturers ⢠Peer support
⢠Oral presentations ⢠Social: student -
⢠Group work student
⢠One on one (eg
pronunciation)
21. Tension: Synch v Asynch
Terry Anderson, Toward a Theory of Online
Learning:
ââŚ.the major motivation for enrollment in distance education is not
physical access, but rather, temporal freedom to move through a
course of studies at a pace of the studentâs choice.â
Participation in (synchronous events) âalmost inevitably places
constraints on this independence.â
â The demands of a learning-centered context might at times force us
to modify prescriptive participation in (synchronous events), even
though we might have evidence that such participation will further
advance knowledge creation and attention.â
22. RESOLVING THE TENSION BETWEEN ASYNCHRONOUS AND
SYNCHRONOUS APPROACHES
⢠Donât make synch sessions compulsory; use synch for
those who want/need them
⢠Stagger the timing of synch sessions eg Monday afternoon
in week 1, Thursday morning in week 2, etc
⢠Consider night sessions
⢠Run the same session twice in any given week
⢠Record and archive the sessions for viewing later
⢠Use in conjunction with asynchronous activity (eg
forums, wikis, blogs, Facebook)
⢠FLIPPED CLASSROOM â record short videos (15 mins or
less) to be viewed before class (may be best done using
screen capure software like Camtasia, Screenr, etc)
23. DESIGNING FOR
INTERACTION
examples of this in the
2 sessions so far?
24. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity
⢠Ask students where/who they are
⢠âFill them outâ as real people
⢠Share some information about yourself
⢠Donât underestimate the value of small talk
⢠show a map so people can mark where they
are
25. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity
⢠Use a webcam (or at least show a picture)
⢠Have students use webcams if they have them
26. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity:
⢠Ask questions â esp open questions
⢠Global (to the group) and individual
⢠Encourage questions and comments
⢠Exploit the whiteboard:
â Brainstorming
â Group work
â Inserting images (have students prepare some)
â For fun (especially before session, during breaks)
27. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity:
⢠Ask for feedback regularly via
â Voice
â Text chat
â Whiteboard
â Poll
â Emoticons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/7566567130/
28. Run a Progress Check
⢠We could use emoticonsâŚ..
⢠Or do a quick poll:
How is everyone feeling about the session so
far?
A. Satisfied
B. Very Satisfied
C. Neutral
D. Dissatisfied
29. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity:
⢠Hold group
discussions
⢠Question: Do these
examples of
interactivity seem
practical in your
teaching situation?
31. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity:
⢠Enable all channels of communication (when
appropriate)
⢠Encourage student to student communication
â especially text chat
32. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity
⢠Exploit polling/quiz tool (short
answer, multiple choice)
⢠New polls/quizzes can be created on the fly
⢠Share the results
⢠Use results as starting point for discussion
33. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity
⢠Conduct web tours
⢠Have students lead web tours
34. Other Strategies to Increase Interactivity
⢠Share your desktop
⢠Have students share their desktop
⢠Let students take control of your mouse!
35. Skills of the Live Online Presenter
⢠Golden Rule: 6-8 minutes talking at a stretch maximum
⢠Intersperse presentations with questions, polls, other speakers (from
the floor), whiteboard activity
⢠Decide how to handle text chat â will you monitor/respond? Or ignore
it? Dip in and out of it?
⢠Consider working with a producer/co-presenter
⢠More at michaelcoghlan.net/fll/blog.htm#skills