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Yesterday’s webinar - learning the hardway

November 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Hui, conferences

It wasn’t exactly hidden in the fineprint. The guidelines for running a mini-conference session clearly included something called a back-up plan. Most of my other classmates on the Facilitating Online Communities (FO09) course referred to some sort of alternative should things go astray during their session.
Based on intermittent access to Elluminate, the online learning [...]

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Does the tool really do the job?

October 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Facilitating online

I’m up to my eyeballs investigating options for running a live, online launch. It’s interesting that once you take the wrapping off the box of some of the web conference products you quickly find out just what the strengths and limitations are.

The marketing hype promises seamless use of video and application sharing. But during a [...]

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