TeachT@lk: Web-Conferencing - Engaging Your Students in Real Time!

Different formats for
Web-conferencing

During last week's TeachT@lk webinar on Web-Conferencing: Engaging Your Students in Real Time, Peter van Leusen, PhD and Amy Pate discussed best practices and "demoed" how to engage students in active learning exercises. We focused on Adobe Connect, as it is available to all ASU faculty for free, and fully supported by UTO.

Among other educational applications, web-conferencing allows for:

• Class discussions
• Virtual office hours
• Screen/software demonstration
• Group work
• Guest presentations
• Supplementary course materials
• Lecture Recordings
• Mini lessons with audio and visuals
• Student-created content
• Assessment

Overview of Web-Conferecing tools
at ASU

Below are some of the resources mentioned during the webinar, along with the slides and recording.  If you have questions, or are interested in trying out web-conferencing for your class, please contact me at amy.pate@asu.edu.

• Webinar Recording (57 minutes)
• Webinar Slides
• Educause article: 7 Things You Should Know About Video Communication
• ASU Adobe Connect Site: Adobe Connect Overview
• ASU Vidyo Site: Vidyo Desktop Conferencing
• Examples:
• ASU’s Vidyo’s Education in Biological Diversity 
• Penn State’s Adobe Connect Use Cases 
• ASU TeachOnline Student Success with Video Chats

To Register for future TeachT@lk Webinars: http://utotraining.eventbrite.com

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