oral examination via webconferencing anneleen cosemans diverse july 3th 2008
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Oral examination via webconferencing
Anneleen Cosemans
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Where do I work?
AVNet• Audiovisual New Educational
Technologies• Central support service of the university
and 11 associated university colleges
07/03/08
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Development of Multimedia and Media systems
ProductionPresentationCompression/Distribution
Research
Support of
Multimedia and Multicampus
Education
OperationalConceptual
Research
AVNet: two legs
07/03/08
Multicampus research
How can you coach exchange students at a distance?
• Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges• Socrates – Minerva project (October 2006 - September 2008)
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Project partners
• EuroPACE ivzw (BE)• University of Leuven (BE)• Coimbra Group ASBL (BE)• Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (BE)• ESU European Students’ Union (BE)• University of Tartu (EE)• BEST Board of European Students of Technology (FR)• University of West Hungary – Faculty of Geoinformatics
(HU)• Helsinki University of Technology, TKK Dipoli (FI)• Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI)• University of Edinburgh (UK)
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Virtual support activities
BEFORE AFTER
• Virtual buddy system
• Preparatory courses (language, culture, digital literacy)
• Pre-selection tools
• Virtual assessment and evaluation at a distance
• Virtual Alumni
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• Master European Social Security (Faculty of Law)• one-year international study programme in English• Blends regular with distance learning
• This pilot:• 2007-2008: need for oral examination at a distance• Set-up of e-assessment through webconferencing
Pilot e-assessment
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An impression…
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• Web conferencing, because…– 1-to-1 communication– Minimal technical infrastructure (<> videoconference)– Minimal technical support (<> videoconference)
• FlashMeeting, because…– Still in test phase of Adobe Connect– Very much acquainted with the application– No extra software installation (<> Skype, MSN)– Reliability of the system (Open University, UK)– Virtual meetings are recorded
Which tool and why?
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1. Organisation2. Technology: what and how?3. Didactics/pedagogy
The three things we do to help
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• Face-to-face meeting with teacher and assistants
• Detailed scenario of preparatory activities and examination itself
• Evaluation
1. Organisation
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• What?• FlashMeeting• Computer with internet connection +
webcam
• How?• Manual FlashMeeting• Some tips on webcams, light, …
2. Technology
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• Clear division of tasks• Detailed scenario of the examination• Specific character of FlashMeeting• One-way communication (additional
questions at the end of the exam)• Exam questions through other channel• Rather short questions with short answers
3. Didactics/pedagogy
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• Quality similar to F2F• Recordings are added value• F2F meeting for authentication• The technology should disappear• Time consuming• Connectivity, crucial for timing
Some reactions
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• Sequel in 2008-2009• Adobe Connect instead of
FlashMeeting• Not only examination, also:• Oral defense master paper• Virtual contact moments
• Webconferencing as a second-line instrument
To be continued…
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