Business administration and technology - St George - Online meetings
Project focus
Michele Newman is a Business Administration and Technology teacher from St George College who last year started using Adobe Connect to solve a problem that she had encountered with her flexible Certificate 4 and Diploma students.
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Impact of the project
One big impact for the students was that they were able to gain a Distinction when previous to this it was very very difficult. Another impact has been increased knowledge, skills and abilities of students who are able to go back into their workplace and be able run online meetings if required having some previous exposure. TAFE staff also need to increase their skills and knowledge in using the platform so that they are able to assist students as required.
Educational technology used
To run a meeting in Connect you need to have an account and a room set up, Learning and Innovation can do that for you. Students need only to enter as a guest and for that there is no account needed. You will obviously need a computer connected to the internet and preferably with broadband. The only piece of software that is needed is Flash, which should be on your computer but if it isn't just log a call with help desk. The other requirement are a set of headphones with microphone for each participant.
Recommendations for users
Spend time before the real meeting making sure that everyone has their headphones working properly and knows about what the different pods are used for. As the teacher make sure that you are confident in allocating permissions and fixing problems with layout if the student doesn't know what to do.
