Thursday, November 6, 2008

BASICS OF VIDEO, AUDIO AND WEB BASED CONFERENCING

Conference in traditional terms means that the participants have to go to a common place, gather there and talk face to face. As the technology has covered all aspects of our lives; we have online conferencing nowadays which is easier and cheaper. People can access the conference from any place in the world. You can find some special software that is used for online conferencing. You can do the conference whenever and wherever you want. There are some websites that helps people do online conferences like followings:

WIZIQ is a web based platform that is for everyone who wants to learn online. You can form discussion groups with other people from different places all over the world. So everyone who is interested in online learning can sign up and use this program.

Another is Learning Times. It is a series of online learning communities. With learning times online conferencing teachers and students will have opportunity to make conferences throughout the world.

The last one is Alado Development. It was set as an internet telecommunications hub for Global Learning Day. Global Learning Day is an online conference in which a lot of people from almost every part of the world take part in it.

To sum up online conference is a very useful tool for language learners as it enables them to speak with the native speakers of the language, make discussion and share their ideas.

No comments: