Aug
31
Clive Shepherd is author of the popular e-Learning blog Clive on Learning and co-founder of Onlignment, a firm specializing in real-time online communications. In this podcast he talks about synchronous communications using web conferencing.
Web conferencing has been around for close to 10 years but so far, still isn’t being used effectively for training purposes. Currently though, a number of factors – cost, time, environmental, etc. – have placed a greater emphasis on this medium. Clive touches on the trade-offs between face-to-face and online communications and also discusses why a combination of self-paced and real-time online events may be an optimal blend for learning. We also learn where we stand as an industry in our use of synchronous communications and the extra lengths organizations need to go to for ensuring a successful online event.
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Great article. I will bookmark this.
Interesting points on how web conferencing could be better utilized. We’ve been implementing some of the things you talk about at my office, using RHUB (www.rhubcom.com).