Explorations in Online Learning using Adobe Connect
Keywords:
pre-service teachers; video conferencing; online class meetings; early childhood education; Adobe ConnectAbstract
This preliminary research was focused on pre-service, early
childhood educators that took part in online class meetings using the
Adobe Connect video conferencing platform. Student feedback was
collected related to synchronous class meetings. Adobe Connect was
used in two different ways to connect students who attended two
distant campus locations. One format included using Adobe Connect to
join students in classrooms at two locations. The second format included
using the same platform that allowed students to log in to an online
class meeting from any location. The initial feedback indicates that many
students had positive responses to the online class meetings especially
related to convenience, but some students did not feel the interactions
during the classroom to classroom meetings supported strong
connections with each other and the instructor.
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