Confessions of a webinar virgin
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This document summarizes the experiences of a teacher conducting their first webinar sessions for older learners with little technology experience. Key points include: the learners struggled with technology concepts; webinars provided real-time interaction and sharing capabilities with little equipment needed; teacher training focused on content backup and ensuring technology worked; and conducting practice sessions was important to work out issues like microphone and camera use, internet access, and optimal session length. Overall, webinars were found to be a useful resource for delivering content remotely.
Confessions of a webinar virgin
- 1. Confessions of a webinar virgin
- 3. Older learners End users had almost zero computing skills Learners struggled with concepts of technology Completely used to face to face – classroom delivery model Distance delivery – teacher was located in Rotorua but the class was in Turangi
- 4. Designated tutor had no experience or knowledge of the topic Timing – we needed a solution and FAST!
- 7. Easy to use - simplicity Intuitive Real time functionality Upload and sharing documents with ease Record and playback functions Sharing internet pages
- 8. Very little technology needed
- 9. Authentic interaction Chat Pods Games Two way interaction Questions and answers
- 10. The cost Cheap to access and run Straight out of the box usability Little to no additional software required
- 12. Teacher training 101 Backing up the lessons with content on Moodle Computer access for students Online takes just as much preparation as face to face – if not more so
- 15. Check it all works before you get a guest speaker in Beginners luck ran out three weeks in Pain free sessions became hard to do Practise! Practise! Practise! Internet explorer – please use Chrome or Firefox Limited access to high speed internet for students
- 18. Pause your camera Turn off the microphone If you are using an external room microphone – turn down the input levels! Think about what you are going to say before you open your mouth Group work – works!
- 20. Length of delivery was too long – 1 hour was too much at a time Moving video was better than paused video or a static screen shot A lecturer in the classroom would have been better A great resource to have and use Using the program helped their learning – because of the content being delivered
- 21. Full screen for displaying video Ability to review video later is a big positive Offline communication and feedback is still important Students turned off when they had distractions at their end Access to PowerPoint's and notes used is very important
- 23. A BIG thank you to - Adele Carson – Communications Lecturer Mandy Williams – Blend-Ed resource person Sally Smyth – graphic design extraordinaire The Bachelor of Maori Development Class (2012) Turangi