Reflection of web conference: March 20th, 2011

I understand how web conferencing can be effective, but I believe not in the capacity of people that were in the conference I tried to attend tonight. It was in a few short words chaos! I believe there should have been more guidelines established that we could read before even entering the conference. People were typing at random times and the conversation was everywhere, screens flipping back and forth, sound in and out etc. It was quite an experience I must say! I would like to be involved in something like this again, but not with so many people! I am sure it would have been beneficial to see if others had the same questions as me and be given an opportunity to discuss them face to face or simply voice to voice. Also I think it would have been a beneficial educational opportunity to discuss the readings we have had and our reflections on them. I have liked this aspect of this course in the discussion board and I was anxious to see how it would unfold in a context such as this web conference. In hindsight, maybe I should have attended an earlier conference, but life got in the way as it always does. I have read some others reflections on their experiences and they seemed very positive and satisfied. It is unfortunate that my experience was cut short.