This morning I delivered (for the second time) a Contact North webinar: Choosing Media: How They Differ and How to make the Best Choices for Your Teaching‘ based on Chapters 6-8 of my open, online textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.
The webinar was primarily a discussion with participants about the main issues involved in choosing appropriate media for teaching and learning.
The following topics were covered:
- The difference between media and technology
- Types of media
- Pedagogical differences between media
- SECTIONS: a model for deciding between media
- General questions on the use of media in education
A full recording of the webinar is available from: https://contactnorth.webex.com/contactnorth/lsr.php?RCID=2235eb10bd59ef7234a13e5367d4e37b
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
Hi Tony,
Thanks for sharing this. I ran into some technical difficulties when I tried to playback the webinar recording; both playing in the web browser and downloading and playing back the .arf format file didn’t work for me. I looked up .arf and it seems to be a proprietary format for use with WebEx’s software. Is it possible to make the recording available in a more open/user friendly format?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Matt
Thanks, Matt
Yes, you have to download and install Webex’s Network Player (https://www.webex.com/play-webex-recording.html). You only have to do this once.
Contact North organises and hosts the webinar, and I have passed your comment on to them.
Thanks for the info 🙂
I usually use Linux (Ubuntu) which WebEx don’t support. I’ll try installing the WebEx app on Android and see if that’ll play the recording.
All the best,
Matt
Update: Installed the Cisco WebEx Meeting app for Android. Couldn’t find anywhere to open a URL/link to playback a WebEx recording. I found an old response to a question about playing back recordings on Android on WebEx’s forums:
“WebEx recordings are not available for playback on mobile WebEx apps. It still requires WebEx on the desktop for playback. Mobile playback is something we’re looking at as a feature in the future.”
So no joy there.
I guess I’ll have to boot up a Windows image to watch it on.
Thanks again for sharing the recording 🙂