Update on Networked Knowledge Class
For those who have not already seen this, my suggestion that you take my class for free was picked up on by The Chronicle of Higher Ed. (In the comments there are also several other online classes listed.)
More importantly though, it looks like there is significant interest in this class, and it looks more and more likely. The key hurdle right now is the technical one. So far I have been only able to find online video conferencing which supports six users. I will know more soon so check back here for updates. My plan would be to select people, coordinate a time for the discussion session and start these after Sep. 1st.
Note: If you emailed me asking to join and have not received a response from me, please email me again so I can make sure you are on the list.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
One solution for video conferencing might be Stickam for video. I am not sure if there are solutions out there for really large meetings. As pretty as I am, I am wondering what real benefit there would be to using video. I think two-inch tall talking heads are highly over-rated.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Not used it yet myself, but you might find DimDim useful: http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html
And Adobe Connect can be quite reasonable with an edu license and supports 50+ simultaneous users.