Until there’s teleportation… there’s always videoconferencing Alison Walker Learning and Development Coordinator Welsh Video Network

Support Centre: Technical Support Learning and Teaching Support What is the Welsh Video Network?

But do people use it? Average 78 conferences per month 630 hours 386 conferences (January – May 2009)

Interviews

Meetings

Centre for Welsh Medium Higher Education Aberystwyth University University of Glamorgan Script Writing Shared Teaching Load Guest speakers face-to face element Next year…. Online exercises 12 Subject Network Panels Project team Meetings

…students benefit from the range of expertise within classics departments in Wales. Smaller institutions could draw on the broad range of academic skills from across three institutions. It allowed the development of parallel MA schemes which could be taught collaboratively across three institutions. Dr D W Gill, Swansea University MA Ancient History and Classical Culture

MA Lifelong Learning Swansea University Pembrokeshire College …participating in the lectures that I would not otherwise have been able to. …am impressed with using videoconferencing and would definitely use it again without video conferencing I wouldn’t have enrolled on this course The course is quite intense and the additional travelling time, of well over 2 hrs each week, would have made attendance impossible

Never underestimate… The Importance of the Tutor Variety of teaching strategies Confidence with the technology Creating a single group Use of resources The Role of the learner Confidence with the technology Prepared to participate Independent learner Local Support

Higher Education Link Project Admissions Tutors Aberystwyth: Sport and Exercise Science; Theatre, Film, and TV Studies. Bangor: Chemistry; Computer Science; Electronic Engineering; English. Swansea: Adult Nursing. UWIC: Dental Technology; Hospitality and Catering; Psychology. WVN HELP But I won’t use it for distance learning…

WVN Lecture Series Pilot Subject: Welsh Un Nos Ola Leuad Mihangel Morgan’s Short Stories Martha Jac a Sianco Modern Welsh Poetry Hedd Wyn Siwan Dan Gadarn Goncrit

£ miles 60 minutes £36.00 £96.00 per 1 person car and finally… Distance to Cardiff Average time to Cardiff Total Travel Costs Average cost of travel Average cost of travel time 32 kg of CO 2

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