Within the context of teaching and learning,  instructional technologies like web conferencing are often used to facilitate live, online interactions among geographically dispersed faculty and students.  Whether or not these virtual exchanges are effective relies heavily on the technology working successfully.  The stakes for a successful interaction can feel much higher when using tools such as  Adobe Connect, BlueJeans, or Skype to bring together an entire class for lecture delivery or faculty-guided learning activities.  A technology issue can be detrimental as precious course time is used on troubleshooting a technical problem instead of what really matters: the teaching and the learning.   However, by factoring in the following to your to-do's into your pre-conference planning, technology bottlenecks can be significantly reduced.

Training and Practice are Key

  • set up training, learning the mechanics of the tool
  • practice the essentials (audio, webcam, screen sharing)
  • give your students some time to also 'play'. most cases you are going to be a one-man or one-woman show. That's is a tremendous amount of pressure to put on yourself while managing both a web conference tool and trying to delivery content or facilitate an activity.
  • -orientation
  • -practice

Hardware and Location are Key

Location is Everything

Do a Dress Rehearsal

  • testing

The "What If's" 

Although nobody ever wants for things to go wrong, it's always a good idea to have a back up plan.

 

Support:

  • unplanned technical difficulties
  • who can help with the tech so teachers and students can focus on the content

Follow Up:

  • debrief
  • archives/resources/artifacts to reinforce what was addressed during live session
  • filling in gaps (what may have been lost in translation?)

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/8-things-always-go-wrong-web-meetings

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