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Hi,
Great group and lots of good resources and expertise here! I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question:
We are interested in hosting more interactive online Diigo sessions. Can someone recommend the best platform that will accommodate a large group of audience, allow online demo, record session, and hopefully no or minimum cost? Oh, one more - ideally the platform will support Firefox browser, not just IE. We see a few platforms ( uStreams, Elluminate) mentioned - curious what are the pros and cons...
Thanks a lot!
Maggie, I like uStream (because it's free) but unfortunately, it's blocked for similar reasons as Diigo is in some places.
Elluminate and Wimba provide alternative solutions that are usable but can be expensive, although I'd argue Elluminate is MORE expensive than Wimba.
Miguel
Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Great group and lots of good resources and expertise here! I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question:
>
> We are interested in hosting more interactive online Diigo sessions. Can someone recommend the best platform that will accommodate a large group of audience, allow online demo, record session, and hopefully no or minimum cost? Oh, one more - ideally the platform will support Firefox browser, not just IE. We see a few platforms ( uStreams, Elluminate) mentioned - curious what are the pros and cons...
>
> Thanks a lot!
Thank you.
Any idea what's the max attendees per meeting with uStream. Also, is it browser-specific?
Maggie, could we move this into a conversation? It's easier to invite folks to participate!
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Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> Any idea what's the max attendees per meeting with uStream. Also, is it browser-specific?
I also really like uStream for many reasons including the fact that it's free. You can involve multiple people in the audio conversation via Skype and everyone who joins in can participate in the chat. You can video the person speaking/presenting but more importantly, you can stream the desktop with websites, screenshots, PowerPoint slides and even streamed video. This is an example of some of the ustream features on a recent show facilitated by Dean Shareski. There's some audio difficulty near the beginning, but once it gets underway it is very good. The video is about 35 minutes into the preso. He brought in several presenters one at a time via Skype and they were able to answer questions from the chat room. The students in this session also participated via Elluminate so you will hear comments about hands raised.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/293430
I had a really hard time participating in the recent Adobe GoLive session you hosted on Diigo. It was very challenging to try to keep the chat on the screen and keep the screen visible (no way to move the chat window) and the lag in the voice with what was actually on the screen was very problematic because the demo of steps to do certain tasks on Diigo was essential to understanding. I don't know if that was a bandwidth issue, but it was difficult for me.
If money were no issue, I really like Elluminate and think that Steve Hargadon has done a wonderful job of using it very effectively for his Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations. Participants can interact via audio or text chat, you can do quick surveys, and much more.
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Miguel guhlin wrote:
> Maggie, I like uStream (because it's free) but unfortunately, it's blocked for similar reasons as Diigo is in some places.
>
> Elluminate and Wimba provide alternative solutions that are usable but can be expensive, although I'd argue Elluminate is MORE expensive than Wimba.
>
> Miguel
>
>
> Maggie Tsai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Great group and lots of good resources and expertise here! I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question:
> >
> > We are interested in hosting more interactive online Diigo sessions. Can someone recommend the best platform that will accommodate a large group of audience, allow online demo, record session, and hopefully no or minimum cost? Oh, one more - ideally the platform will support Firefox browser, not just IE. We see a few platforms ( uStreams, Elluminate) mentioned - curious what are the pros and cons...
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
Miguel guhlin
Maggie Tsai
Peggy George