Adobe Connect and WiZiQ - EDTEC 550
Gerry De Ocampo and Jeff Dungan are graduate students at San Diego State University, currently working on a project on technology demonstration of online conferencing systems; they have taken up this project for EDTEC 550, an Introduction to Distance Education taught by Dr. Fred Saba.
In this project, Jeff and Gerry are compiling EDTEC 550 students' feedback on WiZiQ and Adobe connect and have also put together a survey for the students. This survey would help gather information around user experience on WiZiQ and Adobe Connect.
Jeff and Gerry provide an overview of the project here; an excerpt:
We believe it is important to compare WizIQ as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Connect for online meetings and as an online teaching environment. Adobe Acrobat Connect is not free, and is somewhat limited in its features and functionality depending on the amount of bandwidth available. Additionally, one has to install a required software package to use it. WizIQ is a free, web-based product so anyone can use it anytime anywhere, making online teaching and learning accessible to anyone in the world.
Here is another excerpt from their test run feedback on WiZiQ:
I am really impressed though that no software needs to be installed, no firewall worries for people who access it at work (I work in a k-12 school so everything is blocked here), it is totally free, and most of all, once you sign up for an account you have access to millions of other users that can be searched by name or interests or areas of specialties. (JDungan)
A very interesting project, of course, and we look forward to the results of this initiative. More than anything else, it would be a learning experience for us here at WiZiQ
More Resources on the project:
That's especially impressive given that Jeff is in the Dominican Republic! Great guy, and a good someone to have in your corner.
Chris
Posted by: Chris Craft | December 05, 2007 at 03:43 PM