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?

Keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication