eLearning eVolution

Teri and Aaron attend Tricentia Academy, a small school in rural Newfoundland. Because they are the only two students in their class taking French, their only option was to take an online class through the Center for Distance Learning & Innovation, an Elluminate customer. The students’ experiences were chronicled in a video by Elizabeth Murphy of Memorial University. Get the whole story and hear what Teri and Aaron have to say. Enjoy!

PS. Click here to view other videos by Elizabeth Murphy about learner-centered e-teaching.

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- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

In these trying economic times, it’s important for brick and mortar schools to look for opportunities to extend their reach and offer additional services in a cost-effective way. For Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas, the answer was their new Online Campus. The cool part is that they used their new Elluminate virtual classroom as a promotion medium to reach more students and parents, giving them an opportunity to try the new technology for themselves. Pretty clever! Learn more by reading this new case study.

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- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication

A few days ago, I conducted a interview with the Northwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center for an Elluminate success story. We were joined by New Media & Prevention Specialist LaDonna Coy, who is also what I would call a back channel specialist. During our interview, LaDonna recapped what we were saying in the Elluminate Live! public chat window. This ongoing dialogue helps her retain session content, re-enforces key points for other participants, and will certainly help me when I use the recording to write the case study. Great idea!

Looks like George Siemens agrees in today’s posting, “Educational Uses of Back Channels.” He says that the back channels during live online events may be even more valuable than the actual presentation.

Here’s some more food for thought in this blog entry from last May, “Understanding the Back Channel.”

What do you think? Any innovative use of back channels during an Elluminate session you’d like to share?

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- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication