http://www.librarian.net/stax/2298/a-few-links-and-a-talk/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2298/a-few-links-and-a-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-118740 T Scott Sat, 31 May 2008 12:51:41 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=2298#comment-118740 I've done several lectures for the SLIS program in Tuscaloosa over the past couple of years. They use Wimba, which allows the students to see my slides, but not me. I can't see them, but we can hear each other, and there's a chat function. The first time I did it, it was very awkward -- I hadn't fully realized just how much I depended on seeing the audience to pace myself (and time my jokes). So now I think of it as if I'm on the radio (those NPR folks manage to sound intimate & spontaneous without audience feedback) and it has worked really well. The students are more familiar with it now as well, which helps. I’ve done several lectures for the SLIS program in Tuscaloosa over the past couple of years. They use Wimba, which allows the students to see my slides, but not me. I can’t see them, but we can hear each other, and there’s a chat function. The first time I did it, it was very awkward — I hadn’t fully realized just how much I depended on seeing the audience to pace myself (and time my jokes). So now I think of it as if I’m on the radio (those NPR folks manage to sound intimate & spontaneous without audience feedback) and it has worked really well. The students are more familiar with it now as well, which helps.

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