[Ldsoss] Web-based Training

[C Whetten]

Netmeeting doesn't seem to scale very well to many meeting participants 
unless you set up a Netmeeting server.  Another solution that you may 
want to look at if you are dealing with a Microsoft world is webex.com. 
  If you are going to be conducting an online meeting you need to take a 
serious look at what the type of network connection your participants 
will be using.  I haven't seen an online meeting that works well over a 
modem connection.   If your participants don't have at least DSL I 
don't think you are going to be very successful.  Then about the only 
thing I can think of is to create a Power Point presentation and burn 
it on CD and mail it out in advance of the meeting.  Regardless of what 
you do the first few meetings are going to be as much how you use the 
technology as the subject matter so plan accordingly.

Clarence Whetten

On Nov 13, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Idaho Joe wrote:

> I'm not really a huge fan of Microsoft, but isn't Netmeeting installed 
> by default on Windows 2000? I'm basing this assumption on this link:   
> http://www.gigascale.org/gsrc/faq/75.html
>
> At least in our area, the church seems to be using Windows 2000, so if 
> this is the case for you, Netmeeting should work.
>
> It allows sharing of desktops so you can show a powerpoint 
> presentation on your computer and they can see it.  More importantly, 
> you can share your IE session so you can surf the web, and they can 
> see you doing it.
>
> I understand that recently they added voice capability so you can talk 
> over the network if you have mics and speakers at both ends.
>
> It also provides a "whiteboard" so you can draw/write notes to each 
> other in the process.  Which is helpful if you don't have audio 
> sharing capabilities.
>
> Just a thought.  If it's available, and will work, there's no sense in 
> spending extra $$$ to find another solution.
>
> -- Joe Grover
> finance clerk, perigrine ward
> Meridian West Stake, Idaho
>
>  On 11/13/06, Evan Stoddard <evan.stoddard at verizon.net> wrote:
> ...
>>
>> welfare principles, policies and procedures to priesthood and Relief
>> Society leaders in the region.  Of course, I can do some face-to-face
>> training, say twice a year to each of the stakes/district, but
>> realistically that's probably the limit.  This fall I've delivered
>> three classes (10 sessions) by telephone conference call to about 140
>> participants.  I've had up to 20-25 people in a single session.
>> These telephone conference classes have worked (surprisingly) well,
>> and I've gotten good responses on the evaluation forms I've asked
>> people to complete after the classes.
>>
>> But I'd like to move up a notch and would like to explore delivering
>> synchronous Web-based training over the Web.  I'd like people to be
>> able to view materials that we are discussing, go with me to Web
>> sites, for example www.providentliving.org, see photos, read
>> materials together, etc.  I want to maintain the ability to talk with
>> one another, which has been the best part of the conference calls—the
>> sharing of ideas and experiences.
>>
>> I'm writing to ask if anyone involved in Church instruction is
>> familiar with doing this kind of thing.  I work at Duquesne
>> University, which is beginning to use a product called Horizon Wimba,
>> which may well be the best tool for doing the kind of thing I have in
>> mind.  But I thought before I contact that company to explore what
>> they can do I thought I'd put the problem out there to a bunch of
>> sympathetic and knowledgeable people to ask:
>>
>> 1.  Is there a precedent for this model in Church training that
>> anyone knows of?
>> 2.  If you were going to attempt something like this, where would you
>> start?
>> 3.  Are there other products comparable to Horizon Wimba that I
>> should explore?
>> 4.  How difficult and how expensive is an approach like this going to
>> be?
>> 5.  What kind of skills should I be looking for to help me pilot an
>> approach like this?
>>
>> Any other advice you have would be most appreciated.  Thanks in
>> advance for your consideration.
>
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