Mobile learning is hot right now. So hot that the E-Learning Guild devoted an entire conference to mobile learning, mLearnCon, this year which attracted hundreds. This year, several web conferencing vendors like Adobe Connect, Cisco WebEx and Zoom have released mobile…
Web conferencing tools like Adobe Connect, Cisco WebEx and Zoom and others allow the host to share his/her screen with the audience. When the host shares his screen it means that participants in the web conference view the host’s screen…
The e-Learning Guild recently published an e-Book by Patti Shank entitled: Getting Started with Synchronous e-Learning. This 48-page research report is based on a survey conducted by the eLearning Guild with over 3,000 respondents. The report includes an interpretation of…
Many years ago, someone in the movie theater business got the great idea of showing something on the screen to entertain the audience during the lead up time to the movie start time. This meant that those who arrived to…
Gathering evaluation feedback from participants in a web conference can be easily done through an online evaluation conducted at the conclusion of your training. The importance of soliciting feedback and making adjustments cannot be understated: since we cannot see our…
All eyes were on Apple this week with the release of the iPad, the new tablet PC. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad will be ideal for watching video, reading newspapers, browsing photos. “It’s so much more intimate than…
It’s January so it must be resolution time. Here are ten ideas to think about as you get ready to facilitate webinars and other online events this year. 1. Focus on your voice: The facilitator’s voice carries extra weight in…
I recently interviewed a colleague who designed and delivered a webinar to meet an urgent training need. She works for a Boston pharmaceutical start up of 20 employees and used GoTo Meeting to deliver training to nurses in a call…
Picture this: A project manager with a geographically dispersed team, who was somewhat new to conducting meetings via web conference, decided to facilitate a project kick-off meeting using a web conference. Her goal was to get the team on the…
Over the weekend I heard an interesting story on NPR about the future of the book industry called Book It.Host Brooke Gladstone spoke with various guests about the changes occurring in the book industry including the growth of self-publishing and…