Format: Audio-Web conference seminar with Web supplements
Instructor: Amy Shenot with Ed Beck
CEUs: 1.0
Date: February 13, 2008; 11:00-1:15 Central Standard Time
Fee: $195

This seminar introduces strategies to help you effectively design and teach interactive Web conferences for synchronous (live, real-time) online applications. The seminar models how to foster participation and facilitate active learning with polls, questions, interactive presentations, and discussion methods. The meeting format is contrasted with the auditorium format, and tips for planning and facilitating interactivity are discussed. A case study and other practical examples in the seminar reinforce principles and concepts in the Web resources.

Key Topics

• Orientation to the environment
• Design and teaching strategies
• Conference preparation and good practice
• Facilitating interaction
• Combining synchronous and asynchronous activities
• Benefits, limitations, technical and other considerations

Technology Used

The seminar uses WisLine Web (MS Live Meeting) which combines the ease of a telephone conference call with the power of visually interactive Web materials. To participate in the seminar, you simply dial in to the telephone conference call, and also point your browser to the pre-assigned Website to view presentation slides and other visual content.

You will need two lines: a phone line to access the telephone conference and an Internet connection to access the Web. An alternative for those without two lines is to print the slides in advance to use during the telephone conference. (The telephone conference will use a toll free phone line so you will not incur charges.)

About the Instructors

Amy Shenot is Information Processing Consultant/Instructional Designer at Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in Education from Western Washington University. Her experience includes teaching, training, and helping instructors develop distance learning and use a variety of synchronous and asynchronous applications. Currently, she is designing highly technical instruction using a delivery system that includes weekly Web conferences, and she is exploring the use of Web conferences to serve engineers seeking non-credit continuing education.

Ed Beck will lead the case-study presentation and discussion. Ed is Training & Education Specialist at SunCorp Corporate Credit Union based in Denver, Colorado. SunCorp is a wholesale financial cooperative providing services to 400+ credit unions and credit union organizations in the Rocky Mountain states. Ed has worked in the credit union industry since 1980 and began at SunCorp in 1991. His Current duties include planning, designing, and delivering training sessions--in both synchronous and asynchronous modes--primarily in the areas of payment systems and compliance. Ed began the transition from traditional classroom and onsite training to distance education methods about two years ago. He holds a B.S. degree in Finance and Management from Minnesota State University-Mankato. He also studied at the University Center for Cooperatives, UW Madison; and his professional Certifications include CCUE (Certified Credit Union Executive) from the Credit Union National Association, and AAP (Accredited ACH Professional) from the National Automated Clearing House Association.

To Enroll

To enroll in this course on either a certificate or a non-certificate basis, submit the Online Enrollment Form

To Prepare for Participation

After enrolling, you will receive e-mail instructions for logging into the course and reviewing Web resources in advance to prepare for discussion.