Ohio State OCIO Adobe Connect Pilot
Pilot Outline and Goals
The Ohio State University is piloting Adobe Connect for use as a web conferencing / webinar service for academic and non-academic units. Connect was chosen during the 2010-2011 academic year as the best product for instructor-guided sessions and small discussion groups, the most common academic needs. Among competing products, it also rated high for accessibility.
The purpose of the 2011-2012 pilot will identify a package of hardware, software licensing, and possible auxiliary services that will be meet the university’s needs. We will also develop a support model and generate best practices for use of a web conferencing platform in distance and hybrid courses at Ohio State. Finally, this pilot should lay the groundwork for successful partnerships between the OCIO and other units at Ohio State.
For more information about participating in the pilot, visit the Resources page.
Table of Contents
This site will provide a central place for people who are interested in the pilot to follow along as we explore Adobe Connect and learn how to use it in our own courses and projects.
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February 8, 2012
As one of the 2011 Impact Grant recipients, the general education course Stat 145 has undergone a dramatic face-lift in the past ten months. Most of the imposed changes revolve around increasing the use of technology and moving toward a HyFlex model. The new curriculum experienced good success in the fall term (see previous blog [...]
February 8, 2012
Well, the pilot quarter of technology-infused Stat 145 (under the heading “Too Many Students, Too Little Time”) is in the books and our official correspondence with Learning Technologies and the Impact Grant is over. I will save the tears and mournful recollections of all the good memories for my private blog, and will instead reflect [...]
January 24, 2012
A group of Ohio State instructors who have used webinar tools for teaching gathered at this panel discussion to share the different instructional situations in which they have used Adobe Connect or Elluminate (now Blackboard Collaborate). They discussed why and how they use webinar tools in situations ranging from large lecture presentations to small group [...]
January 17, 2012
Ohio State faculty and staff are in the final phase of project with the object of making Adobe Connect available to the university community. People who are interested in using this webinar tool for courses or meetings can read more about the project at http://ocio.osu.edu/elearning/services/connect-pilot/ or send email to osu-connect@osu.edu.
Two related events are being held [...]
November 28, 2011
Adobe Connect is a great solution for web conferencing that maintains a presence for the presenter and their content. Admittedly, Connect was designed for the presenter to be sitting at a desk using a webcam, not in front of a room full of people. So how does one combine a classroom setting with a tool [...]
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