Comments on: About Elluminate http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Margaret http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-153168 Margaret Tue, 20 May 2008 23:23:16 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-153168 Hi Does anybody know anything about webex , how does it compare to elluminate Hi

Does anybody know anything about webex , how does it compare to elluminate

]]> By: Flexknowlogy » How Does Video-Conferencing Technology Affect Straight Lecture? http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-145604 Flexknowlogy » How Does Video-Conferencing Technology Affect Straight Lecture? Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-145604 [...] Lott, commenting on his institution’s acquisition of Elluminate video-conferencing platform as a tea... concludes, The real issue with any of these tools isn’t finding one that works, it is learning– [...] [...] Lott, commenting on his institution’s acquisition of Elluminate video-conferencing platform as a tea… concludes, The real issue with any of these tools isn’t finding one that works, it is learning– [...]

]]> By: Satellite Tv http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-134117 Satellite Tv Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:27:11 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-134117 <strong>Watching satellite TV on your PC...</strong> Here’s a new technology that might threaten the market position of satellite TV or cable TV services – Satellite TV on PC.... Watching satellite TV on your PC…

Here’s a new technology that might threaten the market position of satellite TV or cable TV services – Satellite TV on PC….

]]> By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127586 chris Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:08:38 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127586 Hi Shauna! We miss you in the frozen north :) I'm sharing the link to your paper with some friends right now. Ironically, it was a Twitter discussion that included WizIQ as an option that prompted me to make the post-- it was just too much to fit into Twitter. Here's the post with some pointers to a few things about WizIQ that are "missing": http://twitter.com/fncll/statuses/574692502 Performance has also been a bit of an issue, but I don't know for sure if that was just a local issue. The alternatives are coming on strong... most are not there yet for reliable, systemic us (imo). Hi Shauna! We miss you in the frozen north :) I’m sharing the link to your paper with some friends right now.

Ironically, it was a Twitter discussion that included WizIQ as an option that prompted me to make the post– it was just too much to fit into Twitter. Here’s the post with some pointers to a few things about WizIQ that are “missing”:

http://twitter.com/fncll/statuses/574692502

Performance has also been a bit of an issue, but I don’t know for sure if that was just a local issue.

The alternatives are coming on strong… most are not there yet for reliable, systemic us (imo).

]]> By: Shauna http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127585 Shauna Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:56:04 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127585 Hey Chris. You did a great job of summarizing the good and not so good aspects of the synchronous systems and how Elluminate is a good choice. Some colleagues and I recently publish and article comparing Elluminate and Adobe Connect that may interest you http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no4/hilbelink.htm After this was published, I was approached by someone about the tool WiZiQ http://www.wiziq.com. Have you heard much about this one yet? Just curious if you have you tried it. I have not had a chance to take a look yet, but as you know I am always on the look out for both cheaper and better! - Shauna Hey Chris. You did a great job of summarizing the good and not so good aspects of the synchronous systems and how Elluminate is a good choice. Some colleagues and I recently publish and article comparing Elluminate and Adobe Connect that may interest you http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no4/hilbelink.htm After this was published, I was approached by someone about the tool WiZiQ http://www.wiziq.com. Have you heard much about this one yet? Just curious if you have you tried it. I have not had a chance to take a look yet, but as you know I am always on the look out for both cheaper and better! – Shauna

]]> By: 5tein http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127584 5tein Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:41:01 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127584 Hear, hear. "Shoe-horned into the blog format" is an excellent description, and one reason why Twitter is so appealing to me. I /want/ to record my thoughts and events, but making a blog entry /feels/ like it should be more fully constructed, edited, and reflected on. Hear, hear. “Shoe-horned into the blog format” is an excellent description, and one reason why Twitter is so appealing to me. I /want/ to record my thoughts and events, but making a blog entry /feels/ like it should be more fully constructed, edited, and reflected on.

]]> By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127449 chris Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:52:38 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127449 That last paragraph is one interpretation of the fact... but the more accurate one (in my biased opinion) is that the conversation was started-- by someone else-- in Twitter and I prefer to blog my lengthy responses rather than flood Twitter :) I don't really think that Twittering has diminished blogging in a qualitative sense, only in the quantitative sense due to thoughts that really didn't fit well no longer being shoe-horned into the blog format. But, hey-- I'm well known for my incredible optimism! That last paragraph is one interpretation of the fact… but the more accurate one (in my biased opinion) is that the conversation was started– by someone else– in Twitter and I prefer to blog my lengthy responses rather than flood Twitter :)

I don’t really think that Twittering has diminished blogging in a qualitative sense, only in the quantitative sense due to thoughts that really didn’t fit well no longer being shoe-horned into the blog format.

But, hey– I’m well known for my incredible optimism!

]]> By: 5tein http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127393 5tein Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:10:10 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127393 I agree that avoiding replication of _ineffective_ lecture modes is indeed important; however, always the devil's advocate (well, at least 50% of the time), have to ask, first, if this is a blanket condemnation of the lecture mode regardless of delivery method, or if the technology itself interferes with, disturbs, or detracts from the traditional lecture (which may in a classroom actually be effective). Anyway, your comments prompted me to muse about the effectiveness of lecture mode in general, with some references back to the deadliness of us of technology to deliver that lecture that you mention: <a href="http://flexknowlogy.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-does-video-conferencing-technology.html" rel="nofollow">How Does Video-Conferencing Affect a Straight Lecture?</a> Oh, and I took note how you started your post with "Rather than trying to fit this into a series of Twitters..." suggesting that Twitter'ing this up was your first instinct, reinforcing the idea that blogging has in fact been diminished by Twitter! I agree that avoiding replication of _ineffective_ lecture modes is indeed important; however, always the devil’s advocate (well, at least 50% of the time), have to ask, first, if this is a blanket condemnation of the lecture mode regardless of delivery method, or if the technology itself interferes with, disturbs, or detracts from the traditional lecture (which may in a classroom actually be effective).

Anyway, your comments prompted me to muse about the effectiveness of lecture mode in general, with some references back to the deadliness of us of technology to deliver that lecture that you mention: How Does Video-Conferencing Affect a Straight Lecture?

Oh, and I took note how you started your post with “Rather than trying to fit this into a series of Twitters…” suggesting that Twitter’ing this up was your first instinct, reinforcing the idea that blogging has in fact been diminished by Twitter!

]]> By: Skip Via http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127387 Skip Via Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:39:03 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127387 Elluminate generally seems to be very well received by distance students who find it much more congenial than audioconferences for classes. My only concern about the program is that it (like Blackboard) promotes traditional models of classroom interaction--raise you hand to speak, watch this PowerPoint presentation, etc.--when we should probably be looking toward more engaging models. Still, it's the best tool we have at this point. Elluminate generally seems to be very well received by distance students who find it much more congenial than audioconferences for classes. My only concern about the program is that it (like Blackboard) promotes traditional models of classroom interaction–raise you hand to speak, watch this PowerPoint presentation, etc.–when we should probably be looking toward more engaging models. Still, it’s the best tool we have at this point.

]]> By: injenuity http://chrislott.org/story/about-elluminate/comment-page-1/#comment-127364 injenuity Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:06:01 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2008/01/07/about-elluminate/#comment-127364 Wow! Thank you so much for posting this timely evaluation. Wow! Thank you so much for posting this timely evaluation.

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