Web conferencing is a powerful educational tool. It can bring together students from across the country or across the globe in one virtual classroom. This virtual classroom is a haven to exchange ideas and help one another learn in many formats. It takes the “distance” out of distance learning.
Web conferencing can be a very formal or informal event. Facilitators can lead in a more formal lecture-style fashion with questions at the conclusion of the lecture or attendees can exchange questions and answers with one another and the facilitator in a more informal discussion format. This form of communication’s range of possibilities is endless.
Web conferencing gives distance learning a more personal touch than would be normally allowed. It makes education more intimate and allows the student to connect with the instructor and other students which would traditionally be missing in a conventional distance education setting.
As with all technology, the only barrier to this tool is the possibility of technical difficulties. One must bear in mind, “stuff” happens, and you will get through the challenges and eventually it will run smoothly. The more familiar one gets with the operation of a new system the better it will work.
All in all, web conferencing can be a wonderful instrument to use in education, especially distance education. Educators need to use this tool to create wonderful centers of learning with a more personal touch.
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