[Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during Covid Crisis

[William Dutton]

Joly and others,

My colleagues just posted a blog on zoom-bombing - not as succinct as your points - at: https://billdutton.me/2020/03/26/zoom-bombing-the-future-of-education/

I truly think this period of time could foster a step change in experimentation with online conferencing - maybe one of the only or few good things to come of it. 

Regards,

Bill

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> On 28 Mar 2020, at 09:00, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
> 
> A couple of thoughts.
> 
> One thing to be aware of is the recent spate of "zoombombing", possibly
> perpetrated by bots, where strangers join a public call and
> screenshare undesirable material.
> 
> There is fairly simple pre-emptive fix
> <https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21197090/zoombombing-zoom-stop-how-to-porn-trolls-video-chat-screen-sharing>
> .
> 
> It's a good idea to have a co-host who's only job is to manage participants.
> 
> if recording zoom calls, it's agood idea to go over the options, for
> instance there is an option to record dual screens, this can be useful to
> get separate clean slide and active speaker recording which can later be
> edited.
> 
> People don't often do it, but it's not a bad idea to do a local back up
> audio recording when presenting on zoom. Quality may be better, and it will
> be clean of any interruptions.
> 
> joly
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:59 AM Ushnish Sengupta <
> ushnish.sengupta at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello AIRers
>> 
>> I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for advice on
>> how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an online format.
>> This list may be able to offer some advice or references.
>> In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting classes so
>> far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and other applications
>> but have no experience being a host on them.
>> 
>> Conference components under consideration
>> 1) Panelist Presentations
>> -This is the easiest component that can be done online
>> 2) Discussant feedback
>> -Also achievable online
>> 3) Audience Q&A
>> -Achievable with a moderator
>> I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class more
>> often online than in person classes
>> 4) Poster sessions
>> -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content from
>> poster
>> 5) Formal networking sessions
>> -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas?
>> 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet
>> -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas?
>> Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal together
>> 7) Award ceremonies
>> ?
>> 
>> Sincerely
>> Ushnish Sengupta--
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