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Carol is an experienced educator and businesswoman who has been involved in the design, application and effective use of eCollaboration for education and business applications since 1986. Carol works with universities, colleges, schools, government departments, large corporations and SMEs throughout Australia, New Zealand, USA and Europe. As a recognised expert in her field, Carol has been published in numerous journals and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. (Read several of her articles and papers at http://www.scribd.com/cdltoz) Carol holds a Dip T; Grad Dip Dist Ed; B Ed & M Ed (Research) - her thesis investigated the nature of interaction in videoconferencing.

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Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Great VideoconferencesTips, Tricks and Techniques for Great Videoconferences (book)

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How often have you been in a videoconference that was a disaster? How good are your videoconferences? There's always room for improvement. Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Great Videoconferences gives an easy to understand overview of videoconferencing and is filled with hints and tips that will improve your videoconferences.

Great Videoconference VisualsGreat Videoconference Visuals (e-book)

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How often have you been in a videoconference where you couldn't clearly see the on-screen graphics and/or the presenter? This book covers the all-important visual aspect of videoconferencing. It gives many hints and tips about the use of graphics & cameras that will improve your videoconferences. Look for its companion books "Great Videoconference Meetings" and "Great Videoconference Interviews" or buy the set in one hard copy book on Lulu.

Great Videoconference MeetingsGreat Videoconference Meetings (e-book)

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How good are your videoconference meetings? There's always room for improvement. This book gives many hints and tips on how to run great videoconference meetings. Look for its companion eBooks "Great Videoconference Visuals" and "Great Videoconference Interviews" or buy the set in one hard copy book on Lulu.

Great Videoconference InterviewsGreat Videoconference Interviews (e-book)

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It is now common-place to use videoconferencing for job interviews. How good are your videoconference techniques - as an interviewer or an interviewee? This book gives many hints and tips on how to conduct great videoconference interviews. It contains advice for both interviewers and interviewees. Look for its companion eBooks "Great Videoconference Visuals" and "Great Videoconference Meetings" or buy the set in one hard copy book on Lulu.

Videoconferencing: The BasicsVideoconferencing: The Basics (e-book)

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This book gives an easy to understand overview of videoconferencing. If you're new to videoconferencing you'll gain a basic understanding of the technology needed. If you're an old hand at videoconferencing you might just learn something new! You'll find tips and hints for using videoconferencing in its companion eBooks "Great Videoconference Meetings", "Great Videoconference Visuals" and "Great Videoconference Interviews" or buy the set in one hard copy book on Lulu.

The links below take you to blog posts where you can learn more about videoconferencing.

Videoconference Tips & Techniques

Taking a break
2009 Nov 13
No more posts for a short time as I’m totally consumed by the Learning Technologies Conference & will then be heading off to Online Educa Berlin. If you’re at either please catch up with me. I’ll try to blog anything of interest I find in Europe – but I’ll be pretty quiet until the end of [...]
Classroom Document Camera
2009 Oct 26
I don’t usually do product showcases, but it’s another new category I’m adding with this post. I came across this great document camera – which by the way I think is a misnomer as they do sooooo much more then just show documents. This is an AVerVision 355AF from AVerMedia Information – pictured opposite. It’s portable with [...]
Thinking Visually: Tips for Videoconferencing
2009 Oct 21
Seeing forms a large part of communicating. The visual message is usually much stronger than the verbal. Actions do speak louder than words. You are probably aware of the importance of vision in conveying your message: The videoconference environment is a visual one. Take advantage of this fact and try to convey your messages visually using [...]
Videoconference Video: Singing With Shane
2009 Oct 18
Continuing with the video sharing – here’s a delightful video from the man with the funny accent – Shane Howard. (He reckons I have a funny accent – go figure!) Shane does some gorgeous singing lessons via videoconference with the littlies. There are a whole raft of examples of Shane’s lessons on YouTube. Here’s one of [...]
Blog Action Day: Climate Change & Videoconferencing
2009 Oct 15
It’s Blog Action Day and the theme this year is climate change. Climate change represents a profound challenge to the lives and livelihoods of everyone, but particularly those living in developing economies acutely dependent on natural and nature-based resources. If the international community fails to act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be [...]
HD videoconferencing in the palm of your hand
2009 Oct 12
LifeSize has announced a new HD system which sells at less than $2500 USD. The system is called LifeSize Passport and consists of an HD video camera, a remote controller and a codec small enough to fit in the palm of a user’s hand. It plugs into any existing HD display, whether on the user’s [...]
Videoconference videos
2009 Oct 08
I spend a considerable amount of time collecting YouTube videos and saving them to my playlists on videoconferencing (in general), videoconferencing in education & telepresence. You can access them all at the above links or my entire playlist – which has videos on learning technologies, education, web conferencing and many more. However, since there are well [...]
Blog Action Day: 15 October
2009 Sep 23
Blog Action Day is on again in 2009. Mark 15 October in your diary. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog [...]
Horse management by videoconference
2009 Sep 17
I’ve always said there’s very little you can’t teach via videoconference & I think this is a great example of that…. There’s no website, but if you’d like to learn more about the program you can download the PDF flyer here. So of you’re thinking there’s something you can’t do via videoconference – think again! addthis_url [...]
Multipoint videoconferences
2009 Sep 09
You can connect a number of sites if you need to hold a meeting or class between people in many different locations – called a multipoint. It is technically possible to connect hundreds of sites, but not practical to do so. Multipoint videoconferences are usually a little more formal than point-to-point simply because of the [...]