this presentation review "web confrencing"

1. Web Confrencing
Web conferencing
Done by:
Ibtisam Al Farsi (90865)
Anwaar Al Hinaai (89555)

2. definition
• Web conferencing refers to a service that allows
conferencing events to be shared with remote
locations. In general the service is made possible by
Internet technologies, particularly on TCP/IP
connections. The service allows real-time point-to-
point communications as well as multicast
communications from one sender to many receivers.

3. objectives
• Use the internet to bring together meeting participants in an online forum
for communication.
• The amount of travel and resources required is reduced
significantly, making it a cost-effective measure.
• It is often easier for people to connect online, making each meeting more
efficient.
• Allows them to share documents, desktops, sound, files and data with
one another just as if they were sitting at a table together.

4. features
Slide show presentations
Live or Streaming video
VoIP
Web tours
Meeting Recording
Whiteboard with annotation
Text chat
Polls and surveys
Screen sharing/desktop sharing/application sharing

5. Advantages
• Save time, money and resources.
• Easily accessible to everyone.
• It involves real time communication.
• Enhance learning via web. (Online teaching, online learning and e-learning).
• Comes with features such as desktop and application sharing.
• Web conferencing has a growing role in higher education, for example:
enabling real-time online lectures, tutorials, support and group work for students
in different locations;
improving communication and community building between staff and distance
students;
allowing staff to use a virtual office to consult with students;

6. limitation
• Not all software is free, and the free software is limited in what it can
achieve.
• More informal than face – to – face.
• Requires suitable hardware and adequate training to be able to function.
• Depend on the speed of internet.
• Costs to maintain and keep up with new technology.
• Technical difficulties. It require computer, microphones, social media
accounts and login information.
• Security breaches.
• Lack of actual face-to-face interactions and networking that most people
enjoy participating in at conventional conferences.

7. deliver and support learning :”Tools”
• WebEx: Users can share screens, files, schedule video conferences in
Outlook just like regular meetings.
• Tinychat: Sometimes your needs are as simple as getting some people
together, for free, and talking via computer as close to face-to-face
interaction as possible.
• Dimdim: offers a variety of packages ranging from basic and free accounts
to enterprise level accounts with tiered pricing
• Adobe ConnectNow: is a web-based conferencing tool with a strong
emphasis on document sharing and collaboration

8. concerns
Security Breaches (There's always some kind of security risk to
communication carried out online.
Technical Difficulties (Most online web conference hosting services are all-
encompassing and only require that attendees have a computer, Internet
connection and login information).
Human Interaction (Perhaps the most significant drawback to web
conferences is the lack of actual face-to-face interactions and networking that
most people enjoy participating in at conventional conferences.

9. Case study & example
University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical CampusPage Content
Educational Support Services (ESS) in University of Colorado Denver provides
centralized technical (videoconferencing, webconferencing, classroom
recording, and audiovisual support) and logistical support for the three-part
mission (education, patient care, and research) and the Total Learning
Environment Strategic Goals of the university in a cost efficient manner.
More information in this site:
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/EducationalSupportServices/P
ages/ESS.aspx

10. cont, Case study & example
University of Tasmania
http://www.teaching-learning.utas.edu.au/elearning/web-conferencing
Georgetown University: Web Conferencing—A Critical Skill for the
Connected World
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/case-study-12-georgetown-
university-web-conferencing%E2%80%94-critical-skill-connected-world

11. reference
Read more: Advantages of Web Conferencing | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/about_4612105_advantages-web-
conferencing.html#ixzz2A7nqGvTm
Read more: Advantages of Web Conferencing | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/about_4612105_advantages-web-
conferencing.html#ixzz2A7nBysHw
Read more: Advantages of Web Conferencing | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/about_4612105_advantages-web-
conferencing.html#ixzz2A7o5fG00
Read more: Disadvantages of Web Conferencing | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/list_6665514_disadvantages-
conferencing.html#ixzz2A7q5lxB5

12. Thank you….