WebconferencingWebconferencing

Organized by

Brown Bag Brown Bag Luncheon SeriesLuncheon Series

Room 2309

Conduct live meetingslive meetings,

trainingtraining, or

presentationspresentations via the Internet

What is web conferencing?

Webconferencing

toolstools

Webconferencing with

skypeskype

BENEFITSBENEFITS

It saves you timetime and

moneymoney

All you need is a computercomputer,

a headset headset and a “good“ internetinternet connection

Document sharingDocument sharing

and collaborative collaborative working on the same

document in

real timereal time

Simple

recordingrecording function

available

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

Trust buildingTrust building process takes longer

No body language

in online meetings.

Some places still have

low bandwithlow bandwithand even accessaccess to a headset is not a given

Limited numberLimited number

of participants

How to overcomeovercome those challenges?

Good facilitationfacilitation

Use the different alternatives for

audio: landlines, skype, etc.

How does such an online online environmentenvironment look like?

OUR CASESOUR CASES

What about youyou?

Identify your needs!

„I would do experience-based testingtesting and make a comparison between elluminate, flashmeeting, skype,dimdim, WiZiQ, Sclipo and Vyew.

Also see what is compatible compatible with your LMS. Both dimdim and Elluminate have plugins into Moodle“

Tom Wambeke, ITC-ILO, Turin, Italy

Resources available on our bloghttp://www.vie.unu.edu/learninghub/

References• Picture „What is webconferecing“: http://www.forecastvision.com/images/WebConference.jpg • Picture „meeting“http://www.holidayinnkeylargo.com/images/pic_meeting.jpg • Picture „time and money“: http://www.lohn-buchhaltung-kiel.de/images/zeit_ist_geld_sw.jpg• Picture „computer, headset, internet“:

http://www.digitalproductionme.com/pictures/gallery/Broadcast%20Business/300x200/digital_cable_world.JPG • Pitcture for „simultaneous working on document“: http://tiffanydjackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/editing.jpg• Picture for “trust building“: http://www.madisonavenuejournal.com/images/trust21.jpg• Picture for „use alternatives“: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/phone_computer_kenya.jpg• Picture for „resource library“: http://www.phada.org/resource/resource_library_logo.jpg • Limited Participants „Chairs“: http://www.officeevolution.com/locations/boulder_pearl_street/pics/Small-Conference-Room.jpg

• ToolZone by Jane Hart:

LEARNING TOOLS DIRECTORY 2010, Live Tools http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/conferencing.html

• Explanation Web conferencing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_conferencing• Tools www.wiziq.com, www.sclipo.com, www.vyew.com, www.didmdim.com,

www.webex.com, http://bigbluebutton.org, www.skype.com, www.elluminate.com, http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/home.html

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