Data Carpentry did something similar last September with good success. We had a remote site with helpers for an in-person workshop; instructors were both live and remote at the same time. My observations:
1) Also having a live classroom in front of you was very helpful. The remote classroom video was up on a TV screen to the side of the room too so you could see everyone while teaching. 2) Video of everything everywhere was great. Adobe Connect had video of both rooms and the instructor available and the instructor's screen. Participants could log in and configure their laptops to see what they wanted and we had multiple screens in our room and one screen in the remote room. 3) The experience and skill of the remote site leader (yay Katja Seltmann!) is absolutely key. They have to be AV experts, know their participants, and know all the lessons to be ready to pick them up if the video goes down. Workshop page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Carpentry Post survey results: https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/workshop-presentations/data-carpentry-idigbio/DataCarpentrySeptember2014Evaluation.pdf Blog post: https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-carpentry-please-can-we-have-some-more Matthew Collins IT Expert - Systems Programmer & Administrator Advanced Computing and Information Systems Lab, ECE University of Florida 352-392-5414 ________________________________________ From: Discuss <[email protected]> on behalf of Greg Wilson <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 5:09 PM To: Software Carpentry Discussion Subject: [Discuss] experimenting with mixed-mode workshops Hi, Earlier this week, I did a day and a half of instructor training for the NIH via web conferencing. It went much better than I expected, as did the mixed-mode training we did last summer (where the instructor taught via teleconference and screen sharing, but the students were all sitting together, and there were helpers in the room). We would like to try running half a dozen small workshops this summer using the same model, in part to give new instructors a chance to get some teaching experience, but also to see if we can put on workshops without people having to travel as much (which will reduce hosts' costs). We are therefore looking for: - experienced instructors who would be willing to teach a couple of half-days over the web, and - novice instructors who'd like to host a workshop where they are, do some parts of the teaching, and be a helper for the other parts (either on their own or with friends) We'll charge the usual admin fee for these workshops, but since there won't be travel expenses, the overall cost for hosts should be much less. If you're interested in taking part, please mail me directly (rather than replying to the 'discuss' list) and I'll start figuring out teleconferencing requirements and putting pairs together. Thanks, Greg -- Dr. Greg Wilson | [email protected] Software Carpentry | http://software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
