Re: Online Training

  Work happens...  Thanks for the well wishes.

  When the trainee is sharing their screen, is it one-to-one?  Or is the 
trainee sharing with the other trainees, as well, as part of a group 
discussion?

  What is the tool?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Higgins" <[email protected]>
To: "New Mexico Linux Users Group Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [NMLUG] Online Training


> Yes, It is certainly to be a one-many. There is a thought that under 
> certain circumstances, desktop
> sharing would be passed around as the trainer and the trainee look at what 
> the trainee is doing.
>
> My user group is oriented around a particular software development tool. 
> If the training is
> delivered using the tool, there are beau-coup prestige points to be 
> awarded.
>
> I see I'm not the only person who codes while in pain. Hope you're feeling 
> better soon.
>
> Ed Heron wrote:
>>   Not that I've done any of this, except under windows one-on-one, but a
>> question comes to mind.
>>
>>   Shall we assume a one-to-many relationship?  You want to show the users
>> your screen, but not theirs?  or do you want to let them control your 
>> screen
>> or share their screen?  The fact that you mention streaming video 
>> suggests
>> the one-to-many.  The desktop sharing usually implies a bi-directional 
>> flow.
>> I'm sure these can both be done at the same time, but I'm not sure of the
>> value or your specific situation.  Maybe we could think of it as a 
>> desktop
>> broadcast.  This might be possible with VNC...
>>
>>   For the voice, you could consider a VoIP conference call (or a regular
>> conference call).  Asterisk suggests itself to me for VoIP conferencing, 
>> but
>> it is hiting the nail with an oversized hammer.  You have bandwidth vs 
>> phone
>> line considerations.  Of course there are 3rd party solutions for both of
>> the video portion and the voice portion of the need.
>>
>>   If, by application, you mean software written, then I have to say, I'm 
>> not
>> sure there is a need to write software, but if you mean the application 
>> from
>> the point of view of applying certain software to solving a need, then
>> design away.
>>
>>   I'm looking back over this and it doesn't read quite politely, but I 
>> can't
>> quite fix it.  I think the points are valid, though.  I messed up my foot
>> this weekend and it is a bit painful.  Please forgive any perceived
>> gruffness.  It is not intended.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Greg Higgins" <[email protected]>
>> To: "New Mexico Linux Users Group Mail List" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:54 AM
>> Subject: [NMLUG] Online Training
>>
>>
>>> For my User Group, which is globally dispersed, I want to provide 
>>> training
>>> classes. As part of this,
>>> I'm thinking I need VOIP, Streaming Video, Desktop Sharing, .
>>>
>>> I'd like it to be reasonably fast (our servers sit in a data center), 
>>> I'd
>>> like not to involve any
>>> third party service providers, and, of course, it should run under 
>>> linux.
>>>
>>> I'm quite capable of designing the application around the underlying
>>> technology, it's sorting out
>>> the underlying technologies which is giving me the willies.
>>>
>>> Has anyone done or researched this sort of thing?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
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