I will comply with your requirement (i.e. make at least 2 comments every week on other course attendee blog). So I will give a try now!
Thanks for teaching us this online, interactive course. This is fun and yet challenging! One of the main challenges for the presenter, is to keep the audience awake and engaged. This is a tough one as emotions need to be conveyed differently and body language is almost non existent. But congrats so far!

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Well, having short talks and asking questions to students, their opinion on a topic, launching a poll, etc.

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I guess third time its a charm….

Jeffrey,
Thank you for teaching this online course and looking forward to more interesting topics. I enjoy reading blogs from true trainers.

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Hi Jeffrey

I’ve enjoyed your course thus far and look forward to the coming weeks. I agree with Anne, in that engagement during online instruction will be the most challenging aspect of instructional learning. You seem to have managed it well and it certainly makes a big difference for me to be able to see you.

As a participant, I prefer to write in the chat box with questions, comments and general interaction with other team members. I guess this manifests itself in my preference for using text as opposed to the telephone. As the presenter/ facilitator of the group, how do you find this method of communication? I find the whole hands up, press and hold the button somewhat laborious. My guess is that some of my participants will feel the same way.

During this course you have been using Wilba and I’ve just started to use Webex at my work place. I imagine Wilba to be as expensive and as limiting as Webex. Consequently, I wonder what other programs are out there that are not expensive and that perhaps allow mash-up presentation without the drop outs of sound and video and the limitations of the aforementioned programs?

Zane Rhodes

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