Session 3

Title: Synchronous Technologies to Support Online Students in Web-Based Courses

Session Description:

WebCT/Blackboard is an asynchronous environment that can benefit from supports that are synchronous. In Lakeshore, Microsoft Office Communicator and One Note are two programs that are used to provide this synchronous environment. With Communicator, students are able to chat, talk via VOIP, and share their computer screens with the WebCT/Blackboard instructors. Combined with One Note this creates a collaborative environment where a virtual whiteboard is used for students and teachers to workout homework problems in courses such as math, chemistry and physics.

Students also use the Iogear Mobile Digital Scribe. This is a digital pen that allows students to do their work at school or at home. Paper assignments are no longer sent in the mail or faxed to instructors. All assignments and tests are digitized and emailed to the instructors.

Presenter: Clarke Hagan


Clarke is the ICT Coordinator for Lakeshore School Division.

He has worked for Lakeshore for over 12 years, first as a high school chemistry, biology and physics teacher and for the past 4 years he is responsible for all LwICT PD as well as all WebCT/Blackboard learning in his division.