Oct 20, 2009
Don’t forget Teleconferencing for Course Communications.
One Last Thing
Sometimes, with all these new Internet-based technologies to choose from, it’s easy to forget one of the older, more reliable methods of communicating in real-time with your learners: the telephone.
When we get a group of learners together on the phone, we call that a teleconference. And one of the oldest distance teaching methods involves sending out course materials in the mail or by email attachment and then discussing them over the phone with a group of students. Students can, as well, work on small group projects over the phone, even if they don’t live in the same city. So remember to include the use of the telephone in your course planning.
We recommend FreeConferenceCall.Com for a free teleconferencing service. The connection service is free, but participants may have to pay long-distance charges if they live in a different area code from the number that the service assigns you for your meetings. One great feature is that you can record your meeting, then download the recording from the FreeConferenceCall.Com website and upload it to your course web site for future reference.
Gail and Claude
Next time: “”A Proven and Cost-Effective Way to Prepare Students for E-Learning.”
