There are many challenges to running a JISC project in a FE college.
For one thing, it's difficult to find a common time for people to meet.
Unlike a university, where many/most students can get transport back to
their halls or flats fairly easily, our students are dependent on
parents, friends, buses to get home and often work as well as study.
We are using Moodle, SMS and email to communicate and we have weekly meetings during a 45 minute lunch break.
The
good news is that we have had 3 weeks of an Introduction to Webinars
for L3 students in the second year of the Professional Futures
programme. The presenter, Owen Hanmer from the JISC RSC SE, along with
an 'employer', Phil Robinson, also from the RSC, were in Kent,
presenting to 3 groups in 3 different rooms while I did the introduction
and summary in a 4th room, using Blackboard Collaborate. This gave the
students a demonstration of a webinar platform, its use as a skill that
might increase employability and useful information on what an employer
looks for when hiring new staff. That reduces the number of students
who didn't know what a webinar was!
Post by Ellen Lessner
Students4WebES Project Lead
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