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Enhancing Academic Engagement Through Web Conferencing at GSE Harvard

Explore how web conferencing at GSE Harvard improves classroom interactions, student collaboration, and access to digital content. Learn about our range of services, tools, and technical details for successful virtual sessions.

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Enhancing Academic Engagement Through Web Conferencing at GSE Harvard

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  1. Web Conferencing at GSE Harvard IT Summit June 23, 2011

  2. Our Community • 13 master’s programs • 2 doctoral programs • 100 faculty • 900 students • 200 courses • 3,000 professional education participants • 27,000 alumni

  3. Our Services We help faculty: • Increase active student processing in the classroom • Bring the world into the classroom • Communicate with students outside the classroom • Maximize class teaching time We help students: • Learn necessary background content • Revisit course content to reinforce learning • Collaborate virtually on projects • Demonstrate understanding of course content

  4. Our Services (IT Speak) • Pedagogical consultation • Course platform • Web conferencing • Streaming video • Digital content development • Clickers / SMART board • Multimedia assignments / lab • Associated technical training • Research / pilot emerging techs Remains the same

  5. The Challenge Distance Time Budget

  6. The Solution Web Conferencing

  7. Why? • Cost-effective • Flexible • Feature-rich • Technologically stable • Familiar to our community • Consultation and tech support available • Managed locally • Meets our community’s needs

  8. Which tool?

  9. Our Process

  10. Team Effort = Success

  11. Team Effort = Success

  12. Team Effort = Success

  13. Team Effort = Success

  14. Team Effort = Success

  15. Team Effort = Success

  16. Team Effort = Success

  17. Team Effort = Success

  18. Uses at GSE • Virtual guest speakers • Virtual office hours • Virtual class sessions • Virtual student group work • Virtual internships • Online workshops / trainings • Virtual “orals” • Virtual tenure review • Virtual meetings • Virtual open houses / yield events

  19. Planning Timeline

  20. Timeline: Kick-off Meeting

  21. Timeline: Training

  22. Timeline: Storyboard Review

  23. Timeline: Storyboard Review

  24. Timeline: Dry Run and Testing

  25. Timeline: Final Check-in

  26. Timeline: Set-up and Live Session!

  27. Technical Details • Completely web-based – no real software • Java plug-in required • Cross-platform and browser neutral • Optimized for low bandwidth (as low as 56k) • Hosted solution – server backed • Compliant with ADA accessibility and other standards • Need speakers and microphone (headset is ideal) • Recordable

  28. Features • Voiceover IP (VoIP) • Ability to walk through slides and visit web sites together • App sharing, desktop sharing, ability to pass app access • A “virtual whiteboard” and annotation tools • Polling for both just in time and pre-planned polls • Emoticons to “virtually” raise hands, clap, express mood • Online chat to communicate via text messages • Virtual breakout rooms for smaller group work • Web cam (quality similar to Skype)

  29. Web Conferencing Knowledge Center http://isites.harvard.edu/k15129

  30. Questions? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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