What Just Happened?!
AKA: My First Web Conference Ever
My first ever web conference was quite interesting. I did a practice run the day before and found the process to be easy. The link and instructions were very clear. I checked my microphone and set up my camera the day of the conference. I logged on fifteen minutes early and was already tenth down on the list. I chose not to be on camera.
It felt like a whirlwind. I would type a response to something that someone else had typed; however, their comment was long gone before I clicked to send my comment. It was almost overwhelming. Dr. Abernathy would address a question over and over because it was asked over and over. There was some good information given; however, I had already done my assignment and submitted it so I felt like Sunday night should have addressed the next week’s lesson more. It did but not as much as I would have liked.
I kind of liked the conference and would have logged onto this week’s, but I wanted to give others the chance since it was required. In the last class, the professor provided a link to a previous conference. I watched that one, and realized that when there were fewer participants, it seemed more effective.
If I had one suggestion, it would be to clarify the intent and limit questions to those about the course and not where people were from. Although I found the personal side interesting, I think it would have made it easier to get assignment questions answered.
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ReplyDeleteWell as usual, I had to edit my comments previously left and ended up deleted the entire comment, sorry!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carrie, for the heads-up to log-in early to jockey for acceptance into the web conference.
I too felt a bit overwhelmed as the speed typists entered their comments before I could compose a simplistic sentence. It all happened was much faster than I thought it would be. But, I did gain some information for future use. And, I felt victorious for having my first ever web conference behind me.
And, I agree with you that the exact purpose of the web conference was not real clear. While I did enjoy reading rapidly my cohorts comments, I am still not quite sure "What Just Happened?".