Live webinar to Digital Skills Academy lecturers, 27th August, 2013. - A few tips on live online teaching.

1. Good Practice in Online
Synchronous Teaching
Brian Mulligan
Centre for Online Learning
Institute of Technology Sligo
27th
August 2013

2. Objectives
1. Demonstrate how a live
(synchronous) class works.
2. Tips for better presentations.

3. live classes (online)

4. Live Classes Online
Web conferencing system
 Adobe Connect , Collaborate, Wimba, Webex, Go To Webinar,
onlinemeetingrooms.com
Live classes / tutorials
Interaction with students
Verbal and visual explanations
 Do you need a camera?
Recordings generated
 To suit those who cannot attend live
 Revision resource

5. Good Powerpoint Practice
 Less (words) is
more!
 Images
 Bullet points as
prompts.
 Use animation

6. How can technology impact on
education and training?

7. Exercise: Compare and Contrast
Evening Classes – Distance Learning
 Evening classes
 Lectures
 Discussion
 Assignments
 Textbooks
 Handouts
 Low investment
 Online/Distance
 Customised Content
 Standard approach
 High level of
Planning
 High investment
 Large class sizes

8. Room for Spontaneity
 Problems with Synchronous learning.

9. Summary
 Good Powerpoint Practice
 Interactivity
 Open Questions / Comments – chat
 Polls
 Spontaneity

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