Week 5 – 5.1 – Web
Conference Reflections
· Web Conference Reflections
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I am afraid I do not have very many
positive things to reflect upon regarding our web conferences. I have attended three conferences.
§ Conference 1 – week 2 – this conference was frustrating for all involved because we
had many technological issues. The first
40 minutes or so of the conference were spent troubleshooting audio
problems. The remaining time was spent
in a Q & A format, but because audio was poor, I could only hear every
fourth or fifth word, so I had to do a lot of inferencing to figure out what
the instructors were saying. I noticed
this web conference was never posted for students unable to attend the live
conference.
§ Conference 2 – Week 3 – this conference was also extremely frustrating, but for
different reasons. The professor started
to review the week 3 assignment which many students had questions about. He started to review the assignment, but only
got as far as the learning outcomes.
Once he came to the actual instructions for the assignment, he stopped
reviewing and began asking random discussion questions. It gave the impression that he was unfamiliar
with the week 3 assignment. He refused to answer questions about the assignment
and, instead, told us to contact him after the web conference for
clarifications on the assignment. I saw
no point to this web conference. This
web conference was also never posted for students who were unable to attend the
live conference.
§ Conference 3 – Week 4 – this conference was much better. There were minimal technological difficulties
and the professor (a different professor) was open, friendly, and willing to
answer any questions posed by students.
This conference was posted for students unable to attend.
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