8:30 Session- Pitfalls and Successes using Online Instruciton

Michele Mislevy - Albright College, Reading, PA

This is a "bring your own laptop" session, a first for NECC. The presenters have prepared the presentation in WebCT

The wireless seems strong and the web seems to be working. The WebCT server seems to be problematic. The instructors were scrambling a bit. It appeared that there was no "plan b".
The presentation seems to be evolving into an informal discussion.

Instructor narrates the PowerPoint and then converts for the web using Impatica.
She suggests using Camtasia for screencasts. A member of the audience suggests "iShowU" screencast software for Mac users.

The session conversation seemed slow and lacked direction.
It was unfortunate that their WebCT server didn't cooperate.

KP