Elluminate Online Conferences

Learning Technologies Centrewww.umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies

Online Conferences

George SiemensUniversity of Manitoba

November 6, 2007


Why online conferences?

Change pressures:• Diversity• Speed• Decentralization• Democratization/participation• Choice


Your experiences with online conferences...


Conferences

Online Connectivism Conference

Future of Education

Copyright/Copyleft (one day)

Corporate Learning (Upcoming)




Gradients

Augmented

Blended

Online


ADETA: Distributed Learning Symposium


Webheads in Action 2007



Planning

• Model of delivery• Speakers• Fees• Registration• Promotion


Delivering

• Mix of synch/asynch• Capturing• Fostering conversations: “context

filters”


Questions, comments, suggestions?


Involving participants

• Wikis, blogs, discussions• Determining “whose space”• Conference tags• Images, activities (2L tour)• Space for self-organization• Aggregating


The Model: Presence

• Asynch: Moodle• Synch: Elluminate• Continual: Regular emails• Access: Sharing resources (podcasts,

recordings)


Evaluating

Participant reactions...


Strengths/Benefits

• Costs• Depth of learning• Quality• Retrievability• Access• Exposure and impact• Change


Weaknesses

• Space and time required for participants

• Academic acceptance?• Revenue/cost recovery model• Continuous partial attention• Technical skills required


Lessons

• Control shift: “do it for ourselves”

• Significant shift in – access to experts– access to resources

• Dual-mode conferences


Planning your next conference

1. Record everything2. Permit flexibility3. Pre-conference work4. Conference tags 5. Aggregate6. Notes/papers wiki7. Social networking tools


Questions


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