ONLINE CLASSES WITH NO WALLS: WEBINARS

Nil GÖKSEL CANBEKAnadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

ICONTE 201524-26 April 2015 / Antalya, TURKEY

DESCRIPTION of WEBINARS

Web-based-seminars:

abbreviated as ‘Webinars’ one of the most advanced Computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems. provide round up meetings for distance education students gathers learners in online classes with no walls.

The forms of CMC

defined in two categories:

asynchronous (delayed time) communication

and

synchronous (real-time) communication.

(Romiszowski & Mason, 2004; Wang & Hsu, 2008)

webinars offer an edge above the other modes of training (Verma & Singh, 2009)

This focal point of this paper is..

learning and teaching dimensions of webinars in terms of :

«online learning technologies» and

«real-time interaction» through Web

Webinars (WEB-based semINAR) «Online Learning Technologies»

Elluminate

Adobe Acrobat Connect

Live Meeting

collaborative and interactive learning via licensed or open resources:offer a mix of audio, video, text and other forms of live interaction.

(Verma & Singh, 2009)

ANADOLU UNIVERSITYWEBINAR SAMPLES

The specific webinar experiences:

Anadolu University’s ongoing evolvement on

Distance Education attempts.

Weekly Webinar Schedule

13 hours of webinar sessions in a weekan hour session for each leacturer

Weekly Webinars…

… at various times, providing students with the information

needed to complete their work.

(Montgomery, 2010)

E-SEMINAR @ Anadolu University

E-Seminars were created in 2012-2013 Academic Year as a solution to remedy the deficiency of synchronous consultancy services of the Open Education Faculty.

45-minute-long e-Seminars are held on specific time and date of a week. The recorded seminar sessions can be reached on E-Learning Portal.

How to join an e-seminar

http://eogrenme.anadolu.edu.tr/eseminer/

Calendar of e-seminar

e-seminar logon

The working system ofe-seminars

Introduction Part (5 minutes)

Lecturing Part (25 minutes)The units are taught by the lecturer in an order.

Interactive e-books or workbooks are used when necessary.

Question–Answer Part (15 minutes)The questions related to units are answered.

Learner Samples_ Webinar«digital collaboration»

(Verma & Singh, 2009)

Real-time Interaction-i«description»

«Web conferencing products are

real-time (synchronous) collaboration tools that support interactions over

a network between:

participants in multiple meeting formats»

(Smith, 2009;

Mohorovicic, Lasic-Lazic & Strcic, 2011)

Real-time Interaction-ii«sense of belonging»

Real-time Interaction- iii«self expression»

Real-time Interaction- iv«learner- instructor»

Pros of Webinars

information share with a large number of people

no constraints of physical locationno costs for substitute instructors no technology fees, printed materials, hand

out materials, nametags, snacks or meals. Internet access and phone connections records for future use interactive online venues/ milieus

(Lande, 2011)

(Lande, 2011)

Cons of Webinars

low bandwith/ bad connection being frustrated with the venue Technical delays or malfunctions boring delivery lack of engagement

(Lande, 2011)

(Lande, 2011)

SNSs & Webinar Integration

According to the recently made studies, SNSs (Facebook) enhance:

satisfaction

perceived learning

sense of community

References

Lande, L. M. (2011). Webinar Best Practices: From Invitation to Evaluation . A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree m Training and Development. Retrieved from: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.390.1668&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Mohorovicic, S., Lasic-Lazic, J. & Strcic, V. (2011). Webinars in Higher Education. MIPRO 2011, Retrieved from: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5967253

Montgomery, S. E. (2010). Online Webinars! Interactive Learning Where Our

Users Are: The Future of Embedded Librarianship, Public Services Quarterly, 6:2-3, 306-311, DOI:10.1080/15228959.2010.497467

Verma, A. & Singh, A. (2009). Leveraging Webinar for Student Learning. International Workshop on Technology for Education, Retrieved from: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5314105

Wang, S.K. & Hsu, H.Y. (2008). Use of the Webinar Tool (Elluminate) to Support Training: The Effects of Webinar-Learning Implementation from Student-Trainers’ Perspective. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 7(3). Retrieved from: http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/7.3.2.pdf

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