Webinars between schools problems. Webinars and webinars: what is it and how do they work. Participation in the webinar is free
WEBINAR AS A DISTANCE FORM OF TRAINING FOR MASTER STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION
Dagestan State Pedagogical University, Makhachkala
Master student 2nd year of study
Vezirov T.G., Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor of the Department of Methods of Teaching Mathematics and Informatics, Dagestan State Pedagogical University, Makhachkala
Annotation:
The article discusses one of the forms of distance learning for masters of pedagogical education - a webinar. The main forms of holding webinars are highlighted, as well as platforms for organizing webinars, in particular, platforms through the information and educational network 4portfolio.ru
The article discusses one of the forms of distance learning masters of pedagogical education - webinar. Basic forms of webinars and platform of the organization of webinars, in particular, the platform through information and education network 4portfolio.ru Keywords: webinar, remote form of education, undergraduate, teacher education, information-educational network 4portfolio.ru platform
Keywords:
webinar; distance form of education; undergraduate; Teacher Education; information and educational network 4portfolio.ru; platform
webinar; remote form of education; undergraduate; teacher education; information-educational network 4portfolio.ru; platform
UDC 378.147
The relevance of modern forms of education in the context of the development of professional teacher education at the present stage of global informatization of society predetermines the search for effective means of telecommunication interaction aimed at achieving high learning outcomes using learning tools based on information and communication technologies (ICT), which ensure the continuity of professional development, flexibility and mobility of training of modern specialists .
Modern trends in the development of Russian society, as well as other scientific sources and Internet resources, actualize attention to the development of distance education, which is based on the need for specialists in the continuous and rapid acquisition of new knowledge. The professional activity of a teacher is no longer possible without the active use of ICT.
Even now it can be confidently stated that the Internet is a huge learning environment, a source of diverse educational resources (electronic textbooks, interactive tests, teacher websites, electronic libraries, etc.), where each participant in educational activities can realize their potential.
The development of such an educational system is based on the conceptual foundations of lifelong education, based on various factors that determine the social demand for the availability of open educational systems (accessibility of education, demand for additional professional education, etc.)
Distance learning aims to provide every person with the opportunity to receive education at any level at their place of residence, without the need to move, thanks to the use of modern ICT tools.
Thus, in essence, distance education is education obtained with the help of the Internet and other ICT tools.
With such training, the student masters most of the material himself. However, within the framework of the chosen course, the student is provided with methodological support and the possibility of online communication and consultation with the teacher. As part of distance courses, group classes are also usually held, where projects developed by students are jointly analyzed.
Therefore, the tasks to be solved in the course of implementing the concept of lifelong education were specified at the international conference of UNESCO. This new reality is characterized by a variety of organizational forms of obtaining knowledge (bachelor's, master's, advanced training) and the presence of a variety of technologies, among which an important role is given to distance learning technologies and e-learning tools.
That is why various types of distance learning technologies have increasingly been used in the educational process, which have recently become a necessary component of education that complement traditional forms of education. The essence of such technologies lies in the fact that traditional education is supplemented by the use of electronic and other means of communication. At the same time, it is important to note that this form of education excludes direct contact between the teacher and the student at all stages of the educational process and is a new form of education that does not replace the correspondence form, but has its own individual technologies and teaching tools. One example of such a connection can be the feedback of the student with the teacher using:
Email;
Specially organized forums;
Posting information on the personal website of the teacher;
Using webinar and video conferencing services to create online learning.
In this regard, the problem of choosing innovative tools used in distance learning has become particularly relevant. All this led to the identification and scientific and methodological study of webinars as an innovative, effective, interactive and visual way of interaction between all participants in the educational process.
Until quite recently, people did not see the difference between distance learning and distance learning, but at present, learning problems researchers have distinguished between these two concepts. Very often, a webinar is equated with video chats or other forms of communication over the Internet, which is erroneous.
A webinar differs from a video conference by the ability to turn a larger number of viewers into real interlocutors with an installed microphone and video camera. The Guinness Book of Records recorded the world's largest online business seminar, with 12,012 participants. Here are examples of various forms of conducting classes when organizing webinars: seminar-consultation, seminar-meeting, seminar-provocation, seminar with elements of group work, seminar-visualization, socrates' dialogue, online conference-socrates' dialogue.
A feature of the webinar is its content and methodological richness, specificity and practical nature of the training issues being worked out. The task of the teacher in this case is to perform an organizational function, mainly related to the direction and adjustment of the overall course of the lesson.
A valuable advantage of webinars is the ability to provide students without coming to the university to get acquainted with educational materials and reduce the impersonal learning of part-time students, which in turn brings the educational process closer to full-time education. As a result of this form of learning, the participants save a lot of time (there is no need to waste time on the road) and at any time they can use the recording and review the lesson again. In addition, webinars may have the function of anonymizing or "invisibility" of users, so that participants in the same conference may not know about the presence of each other.
The introduction of webinars into the system of additional vocational education helps to increase the professional competence of teachers and the formation of teaching staff that is adequate to the current socio-cultural situation and the social order of the education system.
Currently, webinars in educational practice are used and widely used in the following cases:
When broadcasting lectures by famous professors, speeches at conferences, meetings of the Academic Council;
To preserve the cultural heritage (conducting a master class, fixing the experiment);
For additional counseling of students (for example, in case of insufficient number of allotted hours, when students leave);
For advanced training and a second higher education without interrupting the main activity.
At the moment, there are a large number of different platforms for holding webinars, which include various modules: text chat; voice communication; survey with immediate statistical processing of results; collaboration on viewing documents posted on the Internet; exporting files, sending invitations, etc.
Let's take a closer look at some of them.
1. BigBlueButton (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/). This site will only allow 30 participants to register, including the lecturer. Distributed for free and suitable for everyone operating systems. Integrates with Moodle, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader. Allows you to upload documents, record a webinar, work with an interactive whiteboard.
2. OpenMeetings (http://incubator.apache.org/). Supports the same as BigBlueButton, the main features necessary for holding a webinar. The big disadvantage of this platform is the lack of Russification and the inconvenient arrangement of windows.
3. Webinar (http://www.webinar.ru) free version allows you to organize a webinar for up to 5 users. Allows you to upload documents, record a webinar, work with an interactive whiteboard. This platform allows you to conduct tests and vote. There are also statistics on the activity of participants, which helps a lot in the learning process.
4. Skype (http://skype.com/) The free version allows you to organize video conferencing with up to 10 users. The software is easy to install and use, allows you to transfer the image from the monitor screen. The big disadvantage of this platform is the unstable video communication and the quality of screen broadcasting and the lack of the possibility of collaboration.
5. Microsoft Lync (http://lync.microsoft.com/). It is paid software and allows you to organize online seminars for up to 100,000 participants. There is integration into office applications; a wide variety of functions (from sending instant messages to video conferencing), the ability to record webinars. The disadvantage of this platform is the need to install the server part, the lack of a variety of functions for working with an interactive whiteboard.
6. Comdi (http://www.comdi.com). It is also a paid shell that allows you to organize online seminars for up to 15,000 participants. It is a Russian development. Allows you to hold both open and closed events, scale video images, record webinars, integrate files from various applications, conduct polls.
7. Webinar through the information and educational network 4portfolio.ru. This platform is free today and does not limit the number of users on the network. The platform is full of various tools necessary for blogging, commenting, sharing opinions and experiences, etc. The great advantage of this platform is the simplicity of design and interface for the user, as well as the ability to use it in the network interaction of all participants in the educational process.
It is worth noting that any system has its drawbacks. For distance learning, this is, first of all, the lack of direct contact with the teacher, as well as cruel self-discipline and self-training of the teacher in innovative technologies. But Internet-learning is already a reality that is rapidly developing day by day and is present in the life of every person technology.
Master students of pedagogical education (master's programs " Information Technology in Physics and Mathematics Education”, “ICT in Education”) together with S.V. Panyukova, the head of the information and educational network 4portfolio.ru, organized webinars on the following topics:
- Methodology for using the 4portfolio.ru social network as an educational platform
- Promising technologies in education.
For conducting webinars, the undergraduates chose the platform - 4portfolio.ru, which is rapidly developing, enriched with new functionality, and is gaining more and more popularity among Internet users every day. To conduct webinars, master students of pedagogical education elaborated action plans, compiled lists of participants, prepared handouts and demonstration materials. As an object, first-year students who have just moved to a new stage of their lives were chosen. The organizational and preparatory stage included the creation of a special community in the information and educational environment 4portfolio.ru for first-year students of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the DSPU in order to unite and notify them about upcoming webinars. During the webinars, master students of pedagogical education revealed all the advantages and possibilities of this system, held master classes on creating an electronic portfolio in the information and educational environment 4portfolio.ru, where the importance of having such a portfolio for each student was clarified, methodological materials were sent out and video recording of webinars.
The conducted webinars allowed us to get acquainted with the possibilities of the information and educational network 4portfolio.ru in distance learning, which is currently widespread and is a necessary component in the system of continuous education. Using it, undergraduates in the master's programs "Information Technology in Physics and Mathematics Education", "ICT in Education" (supervisor Vezirov T.G.) developed their own web portfolio.
In order to successfully assess the quality of the learned material, as well as to develop the skills of conducting webinars in educational activities, first-year students had to present and protect the author's web portfolio developed by them by organizing their own webinar.
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Reviews:
1.07.2018, 16:23 Koltsova Irina Vladimirovna
Review: Recently, there have been serious changes in the system of higher education, which concern both foreign and Russian universities. They are associated with the manifestation of the following trends: the implementation of the concept of lifelong education, the globalization of the educational space, the change in the educational paradigm, as well as the large-scale introduction of information and telecommunication technologies in the educational process of universities. A fairly large number of articles have been written about this (S.D. Kalinina, E.V. Berezhnova, Yu.V. Frolov, N.V. Ivashchenko, etc.). In this regard, the topic of the article is relevant and significant. The text of the article is presented consistently and logically. In my opinion, the author should pay attention to the novelty of the proposed work through the description of the organization of webinars for masters of pedagogical education. The article will only benefit from this. After completion, I recommend for publication.
07/02/2018 0:00 AM Reply to the author's review Kapaeva Alexandra Vladimirovna:
Good evening. Thank you for your review. Based on your comments, I have revised the article. Could you check the improvements. Thank you.
July 2, 2018, 7:42 am Koltsova Irina Vladimirovna
Review: Subject to revision, the article can be recommended for publication
2.07.2018, 10:52 Yakovlev Vladimir Vyacheslavovich
Review: The article is certainly relevant at the present stage of education. The author logically builds the structure of the work, introduces readers to the course of ICT training tools, one of which she calls a webinar. However, the following should be taken into account: firstly, there are punctuation errors in the article (for example, the title of the article does not need a comma after the word "webinar"; in the sixth paragraph "in this way" is an introductory construction, you need to put a comma, etc.), they should be corrected; secondly, in the second paragraph it is not clear what the author means by the words "literary sources", most likely, scientific sources should be indicated here, since the article is not literary-critical, but scientific; thirdly, and most importantly, there is no specific methodological application of webinars in teaching undergraduates - this can be a fragment of a lesson using a webinar or a course program, where the place of webinars, their significance and role in learning is shown in the planning (course program). After correcting these shortcomings, the article can be recommended for publication.
07/09/2018, 11:26 Yakovlev Vladimir Vyacheslavovich
Review: Alexandra Vladimirovna, there are quite a few punctuation errors. The word "Internet resources" (second paragraph) is written with a hyphen. 6. Comdi (http://www.comdi.com). It is also a paid shell, allowing - schaya, but it is necessary - schey ... Thus, in fact, distance education is education, ..... Etc. The article must be carefully verified. Refine.
10/02/2018 9:09 AM Response to the author's review Kapaeva Alexandra Vladimirovna:
Good afternoon. I apologize for not returning to the article for so long. Now it has been completely corrected for spelling and punctuation errors together with a philologist. Thanks for the review.
10/18/2018, 8:50 am Yakovlev Vladimir Vyacheslavovich
Review
10/19/2018, 9:06 am Koltsova Irina Vladimirovna
Review: Taking into account the revision and corrections, the article can be recommended for publication.
The development of modern society in the context of informatization is associated with the introduction of information and communication technologies in all spheres of human life. Modern trends in the development of society as a whole and Russian education actualize attention to the development of distance education, which is based on the need for specialists in the continuous and rapid acquisition of new knowledge, without which business success and career growth in a technologically advanced society are impossible.
The relevance of modern forms of advanced training in the context of the dynamic development of education predetermines the search for effective means of telecommunication interaction that ensure the continuity of professional development, the flexibility and mobility of training modern specialists. Webinars are one of such tools that have recently become widespread in educational practice.
So what is a webinar? Let's look at the Wikipedia encyclopedia: “An online seminar (web conference, webinar, English webinar) is a kind of web conference, conducting online meetings or presentations via the Internet. During a web conference, each of the participants is at their own computer, and communication between them is maintained via the Internet through a downloadable application installed on each participant's computer, or through a web application. In the latter case, to join the conference, you just need to enter the URL (website address) in the browser window. This new concept of Webinar came to us from the West. Gradually, the new concept of a webinar is getting used to our reality and is somewhat modified.
The webinar format provides an opportunity for the speaker to convey information to seminar participants who are at a distance from each other, allowing them to hear and see each other.
Now a webinar is not only an online seminar, but also online lessons, online lectures, organized using web technologies in real time. During the webinar, participants are at their computers, and communication between them is maintained via the Internet through a downloadable application installed on each participant's computer.
Various webinar platforms also provide the ability to use modules such as chat(s); interview; demonstration of content; joint work, etc. Their combination makes it possible to solve a variety of didactic tasks.
The main feature of webinars is interactivity, the ability to demonstrate, give, receive and discuss information.
Thanks to the Internet and new forms of education, we can now study, conduct lessons, lectures, and trainings online without leaving home. This saves time and money.
As a rule, webinars provide the following features:
- multilateral video and audio conference;
- download and view presentations and videos;
- text chat;
- surveys;
- demonstration of the lecturer's computer screen to the audience.
During the webinar, there is an interaction between the teacher and the students through audio and video communication in real time. The ability to broadcast video allows you to see the teacher, who, when explaining the material, can demonstrate a presentation or other documents. During the training, the teacher and students can exchange their files or provide access to a key. The electronic board allows all webinar participants to leave notes in accordance with their rights. An effective means of accompanying a lecture is a demonstration of a desktop showing the actions that a webinar participant performs.
Interactive means of remote interaction, such as chat, voting and polling, allow you to collect information on a particular issue. Application sharing provides the webinar attendee and instructor with the ability to manipulate software running on another computer.
User Remote Desktop Management allows you to get full control over his computer. It should be noted that there is the possibility of recording and subsequent viewing of the event, which significantly increases the interest of listeners to participate in webinars in the learning process.
Webinars are useful for those who want to learn and gain new knowledge.
Benefits of webinars
1. Saving money on training
Firstly, the cost of online education is much lower compared to open seminars and trainings. Secondly, you do not need to spend money on travel, hotel and food. Organization costs educational process are also minimal: all you need is a personal computer connected to the Internet, speakers and, if necessary, a webcam. Thirdly, there are many free webinars.
2. Possibility of interactive participation
Webinar participants can see presentations, videos, and the lecturer's desktop in the same way as if they were in a lecture hall. You can ask your question to the lecturer in the chat and get a recommendation on a specific situation, participate in surveys and voting, exchange opinions with colleagues on the chosen topic in the chat, give and receive advice.
3. There are no borders and distances for webinars
You can participate in the webinar from anywhere - at work, on a business trip, on vacation, at home. You can listen to a lecturer who is in another city or even in another country.
4. Save time
Webinar technology involves training in short sessions: usually from 1 to 4 hours. No need to waste time on travel to the office of the training company, on business trips, flights, transfers and hotels. That is, with the help of webinars, you can learn almost without interruption from work.
5. Webinar is effective way learning
You will be able to choose the best lecturer and company in a short time. You will be able to keep abreast of new techniques, techniques or knowledge, improving your professionalism and personal qualities. In addition, you can get a recording of the webinar - almost all webinars are recorded, as well as theoretical material in the form of presentations.
At the same time, the analysis of the experience of conducting webinars allows us to identify a number of problems that affect the effectiveness of their use in the process of advanced training: technical (primarily poor quality of communication channels, Internet speed); motivational, psychological (readiness to master new ICT tools); organizational (availability of organizational conditions for holding and participating in webinars); competency-based (the level of ICT competence of specialists in the education system).
Being engaged in self-education and improvement of my skills, I often attend webinars and conferences.
During my work, I attended webinars on the following topics:
- "Methodological features of teaching according to the educational and methodological set for the 7th grade "Geometry" (team of authors: Merzlyak A.G., Polonsky V.P., Yakir M.S.)" (04/17/13)
- "Prototype of the electronic textbook of the publishing house" Enlightenment "(12/17/14)
- "People's Bank of Tasks" (21.01.15)
- "Student work is a powerful Internet resource of new educational content" (01/28/15)
- “Different approaches to the organization of work in the classroom. Blended learning” (04.02.15)
- "How to choose a device for working with an electronic textbook?" (12.02.15)
- "On the requirements for electronic textbooks" (19.02.15)
- “Conceptual features of the course of algebra 7-9 cells. in the WMC of the authors: Yu.M. Kolyagin, M.V. Tkacheva, N.E. Fedorova, M.I. Shabunin. Transformation of algebraic expressions” (03.03.15)
- "Assessment of the formation of research and project activities in the basic school" (11.03.15)
- “Open lesson with Enlightenment. How to work with an electronic textbook "(03/16/15)
- “An open lesson using the electronic textbook of the Prosveshchenie publishing house (Literature, grade 7, author V.Ya. Korovina, V.P. Zhuravlev, V.I. Korovin)” (03/23/15)
- "Open lesson using the electronic form of a textbook on informatics for grade 4 (EMC "Perspektiva")" (05.10.15)
- "The use of teaching materials in mathematics in the context of the introduction and implementation of the Concept of mathematical education in the Russian Federation (on the example of constructing a lesson on the teaching materials of Nikolsky S.M. and others)" (07.10.15)
- « Electronic system"Education": work with materials and electronic services of the system" (19.08.15) (show certificates)
For example, on March 16, the second open online lesson on the use of electronic textbooks was broadcast from the Moscow Department of Education. The lesson was held as part of a permanent webinar "Electronic textbooks - a new educational reality". The webinar participants and viewers of the broadcast from the website of the Department of Education - more than 4 thousand people - saw the lesson of mathematics. It was held by the teacher of gymnasium No. 1520 Alexei Doronin. A group of young teachers from Moscow acted as students, and later experts. ES is not a panacea, but just support for a teacher who knows how to teach and loves to communicate with children. The teacher's tablet controls the student's tablets.
The lesson was beautiful and exciting. Huge time savings. This webinar, as well as a series of these webinars, I listened to carefully, because. I wanted to test working with the EU by downloading it to my device. The Prosveshcheniye Publishing House provided such an opportunity for each teacher to get acquainted and work with ES from April 15 to May 31. But, unfortunately, for technical reasons, I did not succeed.
I really liked the webinar on the topic "Project method - buzzwords or useful technology?" It clearly articulates the definition of “What is a project?”, Types of projects, the principle of “5P” (Problem Design Search for information Product Presentation), gives a description of “5P” and shows with specific examples how to properly organize the activities of students in compiling and defending projects (show several frames). Recommendations for evaluating the product are presented. This helped me in organizing research work with students.
Having attended many webinars, I would like to advise teachers to take part in webinars at the sites of the Prosveshchenie and Legion publishing houses.
When attending webinars, each person sets a specific goal. Some visit to receive a certificate for attestation, others, and most of them in Russia, for self-education, obtaining new knowledge, new information, but unfortunately, there are few of them in our institution. In our informational 21st century, teachers need to keep a "hand on the pulse", be aware of all new methods, techniques and knowledge, constantly improve their professionalism and personal qualities.
“If there is no further growth, then the sunset is near”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
In the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, a webinar is a type of web conference, holding online meetings or presentations over the Internet.
Let's explain it more simply: a webinar is an online training session or a corporate online meeting. Lecture on trends modern technologies, an origami master class or a briefing on new equipment for remote employees - all this can be done in the format of an online webinar.
There are always two parties involved in a webinar: the presenter and the audience. Usually the participants can see the leader, but he cannot see them. This is not surprising: if there are more than five listeners, it is difficult to see each participant. Therefore, to organize a webinar, you need a special platform: it is difficult to conduct a lesson for 100 people in a standard messenger with video calls.
How webinars and webinars work
Who is the webinar format for?
- Those who plan to conduct paid or free online courses. There are webinar platforms , which allow you to create beautiful branded landing pages for events with an effective registration form and accept payments for courses within the service.
- Companies that provide training for employees from different cities and countries and want to avoid complex logistics and business trips of entire departments.
- Those who often hold internal meetings with remote colleagues and want to find a convenient tool for corporate meetings.
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How functional are webinars and what are they? Knowing the answer will help you greatly improve your educational results and make the learning process more convenient and dynamic.
Computer technologies gradually penetrate into all spheres of our life. And the system of additional education is no exception. Experts have long noted that due to the variety of forms of online classes, the effectiveness educational programs has increased significantly. Internet learning, including webinars, which are one of the most common forms of additional online education, provide the fastest possible discussion and solution of the problem or issue. This is especially true in the context of business education and online learning.
Thanks to this form of IT-classes, the obstacles and delays associated with the time of the meeting and the distance between the participants disappear. But the question arises: How functional are webinars and what do they represent? Knowing the answer will help you greatly improve your educational results and make the learning process more convenient and dynamic.
What is a webinar?
A webinar is a kind of web conferences and online classes (seminars, lectures, courses, presentations) dedicated to a specific topic. It is conducted by a lecturer in real time. Participants do not need to go anywhere, they are at home, at their computers, where they see the presented materials and listen to the leader's comments. As a rule, in order to become a class participant, you need to install a special web application.
Note that the functionality is not limited to educational online classes. Webinars are actively used for:
- presentations;
- partner conferences;
- corporate meetings;
- business meetings.
Webinars have ample opportunities: video and audio communication, downloading/playing video and presentations, conducting polls and voting, drawing board, text chat, video broadcasting of the lecturer's screen, the function of transferring rights to manage the lesson to listeners.
Advantages and disadvantages of a webinar
Among the main advantages of any webinar are:
- interactive participation;
- saving time and money (no need to spend money on travel and accommodation; to participate in professional webinar you can pay only one application for the whole team; there are also free webinars);
- high learning efficiency;
- dynamic presentation of educational materials;
- the opportunity to see and communicate with famous lecturers-experts.
Naturally, webinars also have disadvantages. These include:
- computer proficiency at a fairly good level is required;
- the webinar will be useful only for those who are really tuned in to the maximum assimilation of the material;
- participation in a webinar can be simulated, which somewhat undermines the "authority" of documents confirming the completion and qualification of the audience online classes.
How to take part in the webinar?
The general scheme of participation in the webinar is approximately as follows. First you need to choose a topic that interests you (the list can be found through the media or on the website of the organization hosting the webinar). Then you fill out an application for participation, pay for it (but there are also free classes), and a personal link to connect to the webinar will be sent to your mail. Be sure to check your computer settings before class. More details can be found on the organizer's website.
To get the most out of a webinar, you need to take care of the technical side of the issue. The incoming Internet speed must be high enough (recommended 512 kbps - reception, and not less than 256 - upload). In order to only hear the lecturer, 32 kbps is enough. Concerning software, then you need to install a browser, player ( Adobe Flash Player) and the Java system. Update your player and test your computer the night before the event. In case of any problems, please contact technical support webinar organizer.
Functionality of the webinar in the system of additional education
The webinar, due to its interactivity and the ability to remotely unite people who work in different fields into one whole, occupies a special place among all forms of education. It is becoming more and more popular among organizations working in the marketing, management and education segment. And in the context of advanced training, professional retraining and specialized professional courses, webinars are simply irreplaceable. After all, they provide an opportunity to remotely train and improve the professional level of specialists, regardless of their employment and location.
More specifically, functional webinar opportunities in the field of additional education are as follows:
- web lecture (distance lecture that brings together many listeners and gives them the opportunity to discuss and present their reports in the context of the lesson);
- training (online lesson dedicated to the practical improvement of skills, acquisition of new knowledge);
- professional courses (a course of classes, the purpose of which is to acquire knowledge and skills in a new field for a person - courses in makeup, accounting, management, foreign languages, massage or programming);
- presentation (public presentation of a product, invention, technology or knowledge);
- educational discussion;
- interview;
- collective work on a research project, the study of a problem related to professional activity;
- public defense of scientific works, reports, projects with the possibility of their discussion by listeners online.
It is important to understand that webinar effectiveness largely depends not so much on the qualifications and professionalism of the lecturer, but on your desire and perseverance. If you use all the possibilities of online classes, you will be able to significantly improve your professional level without significant loss of time and money.
The word "webinar" is derived from the English words "web-based seminar" (abbr. webinar) and is used to define various events (seminars, discussions, conferences, presentations and even trainings) taking place on-line. The webinar is held over the Internet in real time in a virtual classroom. The presenter uses video broadcasting, voice communication and pre-prepared presentation slides, tables, tasks, etc. At the same time, webinar participants can communicate with the host and among themselves in a chat. The duration of the webinar usually does not exceed one and a half hours.
Webinars, as a distance learning form, have long been widely used by internal training centers of commercial companies with a developed regional network. This is explained by the fact that it is webinars that can significantly reduce costs and save time on staff training. In addition, important advantages include: the possibility of conducting training simultaneously for a large number of students; providing knowledge with active interaction between the facilitator and listeners; assessment of acquired knowledge immediately after the event.
However, webinars also have certain disadvantages, in particular, the difficulty in shaping listeners' skills and abilities in practical activities, the lack of direct contact between the presenter and the listener.
It should be noted that conducting webinars requires a certain skill from the teacher, which is explained by the lack of direct contact with the participants. For the teacher, this means that the voice and demonstration material are the main means of influencing the audience. As for the educational material of the webinar, its distribution is not much different from traditional lectures or seminars, namely:
- setting goals and objectives of the lesson;
- presentation of the main part;
- solving practical problems, cases, discussing acute issues;
- quality control of assimilation of the material (survey, testing, etc.);
- summarizing. Usually, educational material is presented in the form of a PPT presentation.
Therefore, in order to constantly maintain the attention of the audience, the presentation should be as informative and interesting as possible. The optimal time for commenting on one slide is about five minutes. In addition, every 3-5 slides, you need to include those that contain problematic questions that allow you to get feedback from the audience.
Thus, the didactic value of a webinar largely depends on the professional training of the teacher and his pedagogical skills, as well as on the ability of students to quickly process educational material, clearly and concisely express their thoughts, and ask questions.
So, webinars are an effective form of distance learning, providing two-way communication between the presenter and participants in real time, which have taken their rightful place among the forms of distance learning.
