Supplementing Moodle with live and recorded webinars

training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk

Dominik Lukeš

Learning Technologist

Dyslexia Action

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Slide 2: Blended e-learning

Blended e-learning

400 students
3 main e-learning courses
Variety of smaller courses

Screenshot of the Dyslexia Action online courses site in Moodle, logged in: a Main Menu and Course categories on the left, a welcome text beside a photo of a person at a computer in the centre, and Online Users and Calendar blocks on the right.

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Slide 3: Webinars?

Webinars?

Screenshot of a comparison table of web conferencing programmes, one per row, cut off at its foot; transcribed in the table below the image. Cells from Linux onwards are a green tick, a red X, or ?? on white (not known). The Linux and Audio Support column headings carry a penguin and a loudspeaker icon, and each column heading has a small sort-button icon.

Source description: the table as printed on the slide, one row per programme. ✓ is a green tick, ✗ is a red X and ?? is “not known” as printed. The wording and figures are the slide’s own.

Program	License	Capacity	Linux	Mac OS X	Microsoft Windows	Audio Support	Video Support	Chat Support	Desktop Sharing Support	Upload PPT	Upload PDF	Co-browsing	Mobile Device Support	Break-Out Sessions
Adobe Acrobat Connect	Proprietary	7,500	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
Cisco Unified Meeting Place	Proprietary	7,500	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
Dimdim	GPL + Proprietary	20 - 1,000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓ only as viewer in Linux	✓	✓	✓	??	??
Genesys Meeting Center	Proprietary	??	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	??	??	??
Glance	Proprietary	100	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	??	??	??	??	??
IBM Lotus Sametime	Proprietary	Unlimited	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte	Proprietary	999	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	??	??	??
Microsoft Live Meeting	Proprietary	20,000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
Netviewer	Proprietary	100	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??	✗	??
omNovia Web Conference	Proprietary	5,000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
Openmeetings	EPL	400 for cast, 25 for conference	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??
Tokbox	GPL + Proprietary	20-25	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	??	??	??
WebEx	Proprietary	35,000	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
WebHuddle	GPL	??	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	??	??	??
WebTrain	Proprietary	20,000	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	✓
Zoho	Proprietary	Unlimited	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	??	??	??

The table is cut off at its foot: a further row begins at the bottom edge of the image and is not legible.

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Slide 4: Tried…

Tried…

Screenshot of an Elluminate Live session window with a participant list, a whiteboard showing the text “Improving Online Learning”, and a chat box.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124286249@N01/104347800/

GoToWebinar
Elluminate
Webex
Adobe Connect
DimDim

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Slide 5: GoToWebinar/Meeting/Training

GoToWebinar/Meeting/Training

Screenshot of the GoToWebinar viewer showing a Dyslexia Action Training Online Open Day: the title slide with dial-in details, a row of six staff photographs with name and job-title captions, and a side panel with audio, questions and chat controls.

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Slide 6: Why GoToWebinar?

Why GoToWebinar?

Simple interface and great compatibility
Easy screen sharing/remote control/collaboration
Virtually unlimited audience (1000 attendess)
Automatic registration system
International phone numbers

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Slide 7: What’s missing in GoToWebinar?

What’s missing in GoToWebinar?

No video (Elluminate, DimDim, Adobe)
No break out rooms (Elluminate)
Limited polls and quizzes (Elluminate, GoToTraining)
Recording not linked to presentation (Elluminate, Webex)

A small webcam video window showing a smiling man holding up two fingers in a V sign.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95368991@N00/492693868/

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Slide 8: What do we use this for?

What do we use this for?

Course Open Days
Public Lectures
In-course Lectures
Computer Support
In-house Meetings
Meetings with partners

A woman at an office desk holding a telephone handset to her ear and looking at the camera, with a computer monitor and a framed picture of a Highland cow behind her.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23898723@N00/3680423544/

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Slide 9: Lessons learned

Lessons learned

It works
It works just as well as in person meetings/lectures
Test many times and have backup plan
Explain interface
Expect 30-50% attendance and 1% failure

Close-up photograph of two jigsaw puzzle pieces about to be fitted together on a wooden table.

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“This is the first time I've participated in learning in this format- it's an amazing form of professional development. I've learned so much about Dyslexia - I've just finished full-time working in a small village school where training opportunities were limited by financial constraints and now that I am a supply teacher there will be even less opportunity to attend training courses. I think all LEAs should adopt this approach - thank you very much.”
— Webinar participant

Supplementing Moodle with live and recorded webinars

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