This document discusses webinars for MOOCs and provides information on what a webinar is, the advantages of webinars, the technology used in webinars, using guest presenters, and systems available for hosting webinars. A webinar is an interactive live online presentation that is less than an hour, involves a one-to-many presentation with slides and audio at a minimum, and allows for backchannel text chat. Webinars offer ease of creation, access to guest presenters, interactivity, reusability through recordings, and potentially low cost. Popular systems for hosting webinars include YouTube Live, Big Blue Button, Zoom, and commercial options like Adobe Connect or Black

2. Webinars for MOOCs
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Brian Mulligan, IT Sligo, May 30th, 2016

3. This Presentation
• What is a webinar?
• Advantages
• Technology
• Guest Presenters
• Systems available

4. What is a webinar?
• An interactive live online presentation.
• < 1 hour
• 1 to many (asymmetric)
• Slides and audio (minimum)
• Text back channel

5. Advantages of Webinars
• Ease of creation
• Access to guest
presenters (interviews)
• Interactivity (social)
• Reusable (recording)
• Cost??

6. Technology
• Internet access + Microphone (Webcam optional)
• Web-based conferencing system
– Screen (application) sharing
– Audio
– Camera?
– Video?
– Spontaneous drawing/writing
– Interaction
• Text chat
• Audio
• Polls

7. Using Guest Presenters
1. Agree topic, date and time with presenter
– Provide presenter with presentation guidelines.
2. Practice with presenter
– Check out their system
– Train on system
3. Deliver

8. Systems Available
• Youtube Live - Google Hangouts on Air
• Big Blue Button
– host yourself, Moodle Integration
• Zoom.us
• Commercial (your institution?)
– Size limits
– Adobe Connect
– Citrix GoToWebinar
– Blackboard Collaborate

9. Webinar technology for
Content Development
• Hangouts on Air – Now Youtube Live
• Automatic publishing on YouTube
• Limited editing
– Go for “right first time”
• Create short recordings?
– Prepare well
– Tolerate mistakes