A very timely look at synchronous learning:
For one of my current projects, I’m struggling with how to teach Excel to students in an online environment. In a FTF class, we do lots of demos and one-on-one assistance during labs. I think synchronous demos or tutorials could be effective in the online course. I’ve been requesting the tools for real-time learning for years (remember Horizon Live?) and while they are available for admin purposes (ie. meetings) they are still not on freely available for teaching and learning. Strange. Tools like Google hangout may be the answer. Yay.