February 2010 WELCOME! TODAY’s PROGRAMME : Guided tour of interface and functions : Set up and view profiles : Member's corner - Forthcoming events - Brookes and future web-conferencing options : About web-conferencing – strengths/challenges : Individual activity : Report back : Breakout to group areas : Group activity 11.30: Move back to main area : Report back : Summing up and polling activity, poll results : Meeting ends Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

2 Screen icons Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Click on this icon to raise your hand for attention or for moderator to give you the mike. A number will appear next to your name This icon shows your hand is raised. Click on this icon to take your hand down – this removes the number next to your name Click to show a smiley face Click to give applause approval Click to show disapproval /disagreement Click to show..? your pain? Step out temporarily Click mic to talk You have the mic to talk Whiteboard iconsWhiteboard icons Webcam

3 Before we start Set up profiles Right mouse click on your name and select from menu and add details See others’ profiles (mouse over name) If you want to speak, raise your hand and when requested click on mic icon When you finish speaking switch it off Consent for recording? Privacy issues Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

4 More on the platform Platform views E.g. Views/Layout/Wide layout (Shows more text chat but smaller whiteboard/slides ) Components of the platform Participants Audio (Tools/Audio/ Audio Wizard) Chat (send to Room /Moderators OR selected individual/s) Whiteboard Video Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

5 Members corner Forthcoming events Web 2.0 Lunchtime session - Skype for learning & teaching Tuesday 2 March: – 1.00 Media Workshop Training Room, Gipsy Lane Campus All welcome Engaging Learning with Social Software – OCSLD online course Wednesday 3 March – 1 April Booking form: or contact : Digital Literacies (one day) – Wednesday 10 March Booking form at: Next meeting: Friday 28 May, , Board Room 1, Gipsy Lane Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

6 Members’ corner (continued) Brookes’ choice of a platform: Richard Francis Wimba/Pronto Any other members’ notices? [Raise your hand for attention and the moderator will invite you to the mic] Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

7 Strengths Links people across locations/distance Variety of media Text chat Real-time audio Live video Presentation slides Whiteboard – highlighting and annotation, Desktop sharing Web tour Polling Recording for later revisiting Screen /application sharing Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

8 Challenges Requires multi-tasking – by moderator and participants Attend to simultaneous text chat, audio, video, presentations Requires careful ‘chunking’ of information and activities - prolonged audio reduces concentration Low bandwidth/ link affects reception e.g. audio gaps, speeded up audio, audio- video out of sync Needs activity design to engage participants with regular interaction, polling, questions, responses Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

9 Activity Find and bring back the URL of a favourite website or blog site that provides useful information on some aspect of elearning/ education technology [ 10 minutes]. Instructions: 1.No need to exit Elluminate. To step away from the room click on the door icon. 2. Search /find your chosen URL 3.Return to the room – click on the door icon to announce your return 4.Type the URL into the text box and Send it to This Room 5.During the web tour that follows you may feedback reasons for your choice either in text or by voice. Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

10 Group activity [10 mins] Activity in group break out room: In groups consider how, in your practice, you would make use of the functionality and features of an application such as we are using today. [10 minutes] A member of each group to report back main ideas from discussion after the group returns to the main room You can move yourself to a breakout room: Right mouse click on your name From pop-up menu select ‘Send to Breakout Room’ Select the allocated breakout Room A or Room B To return to the main room: Right mouse click on your name From pop-up menu select ‘Send to Breakout Room’ Select ‘Main Room’ Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

11 Poll A. Given you experience today would you be prepared to attend a future online meeting? Select YES/NO with the tick/cross icon B. To what extent do you consider that you would use a web conferencing application in your future teaching practice Select A= yes B = not sure C= no Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

12 Close of meeting N.B. To leave Elluminate, click on the icon (bottom left of screen) Thank you all for your participation Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development