Preliminary Trial 8th April 2011 - this is a major milestone to try out the technology and to assess its suitability for the audience. Friday the 8th of April gave us an opportunity to trial three delivery modes for comparison purposes.
Session 1 (approx 1 hr)
Vortex Flow meters--delivered in the classroom in the standard manner--projecting the workbook onto a screen and using it as a basis for the lesson.
Session 2 (approx 2 hrs)
Magnetic Flow meters--delivered in class, but using a PowerPoint presentation rather than the workbook and finishing with a short (4 minute) video linked from the PP.
Session 3 (approx 1 hr)
Ultra-sonic Flow meters-- delivered via video-conference using PowerPoint, some drawing on the screen with a tablet and pen, and with another short video as an introduction rather than a summary.
Technology did not let us down, although we had to re-configure the video-conference to be able to show the video. (Video-conferences can be set up to deliver either clarity or movement). We initially had clarity as the default setting due to the heavy use of PowerPoint, however this setting made the video almost unwatchable. Once re-configured the video was by all accounts okay. Even in this mode the clarity for the Powerpoint slides was acceptable as we hade gone for large text summarising the points we needed to make rather than smaller, more detailed, text.
Interactive components using Zing and Person Response systems are yet to be integrated into the delivery.
looking forward to seeing how the integration goes. can you please post some photos of students using these tools?
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