This assignment involves reserching new and emerging technologies that are being used in the field of education. Elluminate Live is the first of three Emerging Technologies that I will present for this assignment. There are many new emerging technologies developed every day but I chose these because of their benefits that you will read below.
Elluminate Live
Elluminate Live
· This technology is a tool which has many applications. It is where the moderator, which most times is the instructor, invites the students to participate in a session. The students will follow the link and join in. This technology is interactive in real time with audio and video if so desired. The lesson to be taught can be viewed with feedback from the instructor. It really is a live classroom on line.
· If a course is going to be taught online this tool can be used almost exclusively. It provides a real time link between all students and instructors which many students prefer for distance courses. All information pertaining to the course can be added such as power point, video, data, guest speakers, and so on. The options are endless and only limited by the imagination of the instructor/mediator.
· Advantages would include the benefits of being face to face, interactive in real time, with students anywhere in the world that has Internet access. Disadvantages are minor things such as students must have a camera, microphone, Internet and a computer. Also the instructor would have to be familiar with this technology ahead of time to be able to use it, but there are easy to follow tutorials on this process. One other disadvantage is students would all have to be available at the same time to participate yet if a session is missed one can go back and view a recorded session.
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