{"id":519,"date":"2018-08-12T23:18:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T23:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lou.csu.domains\/?p=519"},"modified":"2018-08-12T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T23:19:10","slug":"familiarisation-preparation-an-adobe-connect-mantra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lou.csu.domains\/website\/case-studies\/familiarisation-preparation-an-adobe-connect-mantra\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiarisation & Preparation: an Adobe Connect mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Jeans is relatively new to both CSU and the Online Meeting Tool (Adobe Connect). However, the Port Macquarie-based business leader does have considerable experience in the use of comparable remote delivery platforms (e.g. Zoom and GotoMeeting) to facilitate domestic and offshore online learning.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s applying that experience to the online delivery of subjects for the School of Management & Marketing (BJBS).<\/p>\n

He\u2019s quite candid about getting accustomed to the new tool set, \u201cIt\u2019s all about training and familiarisation\u2026 you only get there with usage\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pete has devoted some 30 hours prior to the current teaching session getting familiar with the Adobe Connect platform \u2013 attending orientations, playing around in his own meeting room, booking time with Port Macquarie-based Educational Designer Nicole Mitchell and joining online training sessions.<\/p>\n

Pete applies a flipped classroom model to his Adobe Connect sessions; and live participant discussion is central to the learning experience. His students are strongly encouraged to engage with the subject\u2019s content and strategic resources prior to the live sessions.<\/p>\n

A CSU Thinkspace site<\/a>\u00a0has also been created to further engage students with additional stimuli.<\/p>\n

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Videos (webcams) are on \u2013 12 or so faces all attentively waiting for their turn at the podium. Probably one of the biggest differences to the majority of Adobe Connect room layouts, Pete is firmly of the belief that vision in the live session is particularly important for participants to be fully engaged with both the content and each other.<\/p>\n

Usually, 9 to 12 students join visually. They\u2019ve yet to have significant bandwidth issues forcing a change to this approach. When asked about his choice of video-centric layout, Pete explains to me that 3 years years of webinar delivery seems to reinforce a richer value-added experience for students.<\/p>\n

As a guest in his live meeting, I can see he\u2019s also using the Presenter Only Area in Adobe Connect to bring content in and out of the live meeting room. This is an instant giveaway \u2013 we\u2019ve got a ‘preparer’ on our hands. Pete spends considerable time each week preparing a lesson plan for his Adobe Connect sessions, detailed down to each 5 minute segment of the workshop. \u201cIt\u2019s just a plan\u2026 you have to be flexible in learning delivery and engagement because things happen” he tells me.<\/p>\n

But between the structure of his lesson plans and the variety of materials Pete is putting in front of the discussion group, I\u2019m pretty confident this particular weekly meet is going to end well.<\/p>\n

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