Effective web conferencing

Faculty are often searching for helpful suggestions about designing and deploying an effective synchronous online meeting or class using web conferencing applications. There is a useful webinar available from the Adobe website, entitled "Web Conferencing Tips for Training and Education". The audience is polled to determine how and why people use webinars, and then the speakers present examples of effective training and educational webinars. Planning, design and pedagogy are addressed. You must register on the Adobe website in order to view the recording. It is worth a look, as about one third of the way in, the speakers themselves experience an amusing techno glitch, in which the slides magically and rapidly change on their own. The take home lesson here is to go with the flow, like the speakers.

I would encourage others to comment here and share their own lessons learned, best practices and experiences using synchronous online sessions for training and education.