WiZiQ have just launched their Live Class module for Moodle . This integrates their free web conferencing solution directly into Moodle, so Live Class sessions can be implemented as Moodle activities and students can have seamless access to synchronous events, within the context of a blended Moodle course. The WiZiQ virtual classroom tool runs in Flash and contains many (although clearly not all) of the features associated with expensive commercial systems. You ... no way for them to earn revenue. Providing bandwidth for 1000s of virtual classroom sessions sounds expensive. Am ...

... questions at the beginning of the presentation (he is focusing on virtual classroom training) and uses bulleted ppt (not ... primary challenge of any virtual event is successfully engaging the audience. Even skilled presenters often encounter challenges when bringing their presentations to a virtual environment. From getting the audience's attention at the start ... presenter. Anyone who has presented virtually understands the pressures and challenges inherent to this type of content delivery. This session will provide practical advice and best practices on how to win the attention of a virtual audience ...

... virtual classroom. Nicola Avery told me about this tool. In the sign-up section (no protection on the ... . I choose the club/association option hoping it would fit a virtual classroom environment. You can add ... life a taste of easy learning in an online environment. Small userfriendly virtual classrooms... I think it might be a market. The fact that the interactivity is limited could be a setback in comparison with other 2D virtual classrooms, but ... attachments, it might be really handy to get some quick virtual class together with minimal ‘how to' guidelines.

Internet Protocol), as well as the fully-featured capabilities of web conferencing, including virtual classrooms ... of synchronous and asynchronous communication formed the introduction to a webinar I ran this week on virtual classrooms ... , using the traditional classroom. I wondered why it was that we continue to value both synchronous and ...

It took me a while to adjust to the idea of virtual classrooms, what with unreliable connections and then endless online death by PowerPoint. I was eventually converted by my participation in a wonderfully interactive and engaging webinar delivered by someone who's name I have entirely forgotten (my apologies if by some extraordinary chance you are reading this). I realised how much fun you could have with this technology and now it is a regular ingredient in the blended ... familiar environment for classroom trainers (perhaps not in appearance but certainly in function) and that it requires ...

With the free online tool Wiziq I have scheduled a session on the personal benefits of social media for researchers. Wiziq is hot, so try it out! If you are interested, feel free to join me on Thursday 14th February 2008 at 14.00 PM (GMT +1 = Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin) . Language: English (with Flemish accent). This session is based on a face to face presentation that I gave at ITM earlier this month. On the feedback I got from the attending researchers I have adjusted my presentation a bit to get it more taylored to their needs. The reason I organised this session was because some ...

... virtual classroom and allows interactivity (audio/video and chat and 'raising hands', the last feature enables you to ask for the virtual floor. The presenter can give you the floor (= give you the possibility to say something if you have a ... comments if you ask for the floor by raising your virtual hand. Technical tips: it is a good idea to surf to ...

Online collaboration does not just occur in a wiki or with Web 2.0 products, one exciting, and sometimes forgotten, method of online collaboration is within a virtual classroom envrionment. Recently I conducted a session online in a virtual classroom using breakout rooms. It was fun and educational. You can read about it on my post Collaborating in a Virtual Classroom at the TrainingDay Blog . __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

In follow-up of a previous mail here is the multimedia result. Yesterday I delivered a presentation on three mobile projects through the online classroom tool WiZiQ. The presentation is now available as a recording through this WiZiQ-link . In order to view it you need to register for WiZiQ and afterwards link to the link I mentioned. The slides of this presentation have been uploaded to Slideshare: SlideShare"> | View | Upload your own The WiZiQ-presentation became very lively once the introduction was given. All the participants got their questions out ...

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Face it, you generally can't see participants' faces in a virtual classroom. How do we know they are getting it? Are ... virtual classrooms and LMS products it seems like launching the classroom URL is about all that is tracked. This strikes ... virtual classroom facilitator or instructor draws the participants into the content with chat, pools, simulations and all ... back individual's quiz scores from virtual classes, a participation status indicated by upstream VoIP, frequencies or length of chat entries, questions asked? Is anybody else wanting more real data from virtual classes? What data ...

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... location. Additionally, it is important because I have students work with each other in teams and the closeness of the virtual world helps foster trust among the students and they work well together virtually because they have a sense of ...

SCoPE has invited me to facilitate a seminar on Social Media - Benefits for Researchers for which I am very grateful. The seminar begins this Wednesday May 7 and runs up until May 18, 2008. If you have ideas on the topic, mail them or join! Short description : Social media provides opportunities to socialize, read, write, collaborate, aggregate, create, synthesize, track... How do we use social media for conducting research? What are our new research questions and strategies now that we have access to social media? All the interested participants will explore how social media can ...

Connectivism and Connective knowledge: The Furture of Education and Training" is starting on 7 September 2008 and will be running for approx. 3 months. So spread the word and if you have the time (of course you have), join! This course will be a MOOG (Massive Open Online Course) and it will look at: - What will education and training look like in thefuture? - How must we equip ourselves to serve learners in the next decade?... The formal course description also mentions a variety of new learning tools that will be used in this course. The course will be delivered fully online in a ...

Tips For Making Virtual Classroom Sessions More Interactive November 16, 2008 by Sue Waters Jo Hart facilitated an amazing session on tips for making virtual classrooms such ... check it out. Our next Friday session will also be on virtual classrooms but this time participants will be given the opportunity to take turns moderating the virtual classroom and developing their own skills. We’re hoping that ... Info Virtual classrooms are essential aspect of training at Jo’s College as their students are spread across ...

Loading... Leveraging the Virtual Classroom for ... ! Based on her latest book, The New Virtual Classroom, Dr. Clark will guide you in an interactive tour of virtual classroom technology features proven to promote learning. In this interactive session... Based on her latest book, The New Virtual Classroom, Dr. Clark will guide you in an interactive tour of virtual classroom technology features proven to promote learning. In this interactive session, you will learn how ...

Why Dont Face-to-Face Teaching Strategies Work In the Virtual Classroom? How to Avoid the "Question Mill" by ... can fail miserably applying the typical approach to the virtual classroom. As more experience with online ...

There are a lot of e-learning things. LMSs, LCMSs, Virtual Classroom Tools. Online courses on Windows and biology 101 and ethics. The question used to be, what would be bundled? Would EPSs bundle LMSs? Would IM bundle virtual classrooms. Then the question is, what will be merged/acquired. Which LMSs and LCMSs will merge? Will content vendors merge with other content, or with tools? Now there is open source. How we will do what we want to do is getting increasingly interesting.

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... content free. It is closer to a virtual classroom tool, or even a real-world meeting room or water cooler (without the actual ... or scalable enough to provide an intellectual payoff), or be "brought in." Ummm ... but aren't virtual classroom tools ... some of the current technical issues and provides presence audio is going to have adoption patterns similar to virtual classroom / virtual meeting tools.

This is my first posting and my initial purpose for setting up this blog is to learn how to use blogging as an informal learning tool in my company . I work on an enterprise training team that is responsible for deploying learning to about 5000 people across 5 subsidiaries. We are rapidly deploying traditional training using e-learning courses, virtual classrooms, and webinars but I sense that more is needed. These tools are great for teaching task related processes but they do a poor job of changing the culture so I am searching for new ways to create learner engagement and ...

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I would greatly value all of your input. What are topics about which a Learning Professional should be UNIQUELY PROFICIENT (i.e. you know more than anyone else in your organization), and VERY PROFICIENT (i.e. critical knoweldge to do your job)? Here are some thoughts to get the ball rolling: UNIQUELY PROFICIENT Virtual classrooms LMSs/Training Portal LCMS Simulations Workflow Learning? EPSS? Training Evaluation (Kirkpatrick levels?) Skills Management? Organizational Strategic Skill Gaps (OSSGs) Needs Analysis VERY PROFICIENT Enterprise Strategy Business Unit Strategy Project ...

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This looks like a promising idea - a site that puts learners who want private tuition in touch with teachers who want to make some money providing it. The vehicle looks like the right one too - a built-in, live, virtual classroom with all the facilities you're likely to need (whiteboard, PowerPoint slides, PDFs, audio, video). At the moment the subjects are mainly academic (as you'd expect) and the tutors mainly from the Indian sub-continent, but these are early days and there's nothing about the tool to stop it being truly universal. Let's just hope there will soon be plenty of ...

I missed this one when it appeared earlier this year, but the findings of this report caught my attention enough to prompt a posting. Web Conferencing's Expanding Role in Training , from Wainhouse Research and, from what I can gather, sponsored by web conferencing vendor Citrix, makes some interesting claims about the growth in support for web conferencing or, as it's often called in the context of l&d, virtual classroom software. Wainhouse surveyed 533 trainers who ... . Considering web conferencing and virtual classrooms have been with us for something like ten years now, it seems they really ...

... the face-to-face classroom, but as a valuable medium in its own right. The first myth to be exploded was that virtual classrooms are OK, but for no more than an hour at a time. Here's the evidence to the contrary: Brian Bishop, now ... back to the virtual classroom to discuss their experience. The results were compelling: improved customer ... event in London. I must admit that, up until the event, I thought I had a pretty good handle on how to use virtual classrooms and other synchronous technologies successfully. Clearly I was out of touch, because the various speakers showed ...