Comments on: Virtual vs F2F http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/ ICT and Education Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:57:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Guest bloggers | school Blog http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Guest bloggers | school Blog Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:36:11 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-532 [...] Andrew discusses the interesting case of virtual versus face-to-face. [...] [...] Andrew discusses the interesting case of virtual versus face-to-face. [...]

]]> By: Lynn Hadfield http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Lynn Hadfield Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:33:03 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-507 As an online teacher I rely heavily on tools such as Elluminate to make connections with my students (Grades 7-9). I've been teaching using Elluminate for about 4 years and it's one of the most difficult things I've had to learn in my teaching. I recently made a couple of sblog post about the different forms of communication I use and of course F2F was at the top of the list. http://lynnfield.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-many-ways-can-i-communicate.html and the response to the comment: http://lynnfield.blogspot.com/2009/02/response-to-comments-from-last-post.html As an online teacher I rely heavily on tools such as Elluminate to make connections with my students (Grades 7-9). I’ve been teaching using Elluminate for about 4 years and it’s one of the most difficult things I’ve had to learn in my teaching.
I recently made a couple of sblog post about the different forms of communication I use and of course F2F was at the top of the list.

http://lynnfield.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-many-ways-can-i-communicate.html

and the response to the comment:
http://lynnfield.blogspot.com/2009/02/response-to-comments-from-last-post.html

]]> By: The Learning@School conference blog · Guest bloggers http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-472 The Learning@School conference blog · Guest bloggers Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:52:41 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-472 [...] Andrew discusses the interesting case of virtual versus face-to-face. [...] [...] Andrew discusses the interesting case of virtual versus face-to-face. [...]

]]> By: Jane Nicholls http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Jane Nicholls Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:18:25 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-471 It was great meeting up at the conference, pity we didn't manage a decent chat! These conferences for me have really become a different beast now that I have virtual connections with a lot of people. It is a real celebration to be together and it heightens the virtual connections by adding personality. It is indeed a strange phenomenon to connect with people in that way. I think the conference experience is heightened much more by being able to share it in this way. The best example of that is how we are all twittering and reading each other's blogs now that we are home. The learning is ongoing and the relationships too. It was great meeting up at the conference, pity we didn’t manage a decent chat! These conferences for me have really become a different beast now that I have virtual connections with a lot of people. It is a real celebration to be together and it heightens the virtual connections by adding personality. It is indeed a strange phenomenon to connect with people in that way. I think the conference experience is heightened much more by being able to share it in this way. The best example of that is how we are all twittering and reading each other’s blogs now that we are home. The learning is ongoing and the relationships too.

]]> By: andrewch http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-470 andrewch Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:00:45 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-470 Hi Darren Challenging, exciting and quite intense I suspect that it would be hard work to establish a repore with the students. However with appropriate technology like video conferencing the process would be easier. I feel that initially being able to see the students and them see the teacher would be very important. I know that distance ed practitioners often only use the video conferencing - video feed for the opening part of a session as it is often distracting. So much of teaching is about people and relationships rather than just content and knowledge. I sometimes think that subject specialist teachers forget this and only focus on their subject. The people at correspondence school are amazing Hi Darren

Challenging, exciting and quite intense

I suspect that it would be hard work to establish a repore with the students. However with appropriate technology like video conferencing the process would be easier. I feel that initially being able to see the students and them see the teacher would be very important. I know that distance ed practitioners often only use the video conferencing – video feed for the opening part of a session as it is often distracting.

So much of teaching is about people and relationships rather than just content and knowledge. I sometimes think that subject specialist teachers forget this and only focus on their subject.

The people at correspondence school are amazing

]]> By: Darren http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/virtual-vs-f2f/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Darren Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:55:25 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/?p=683#comment-469 So what do you think of an entirely virtual class? So what do you think of an entirely virtual class?

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