Main Idea
We believe it is important to compare WizIQ as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Connect for online meetings and as an online teaching environment. Adobe Acrobat Connect is not free, and is somewhat limited in its features and functionality depending on the amount of bandwidth available. Additionally, one has to install a required software package to use it.WizIQ is a free, web-based product so anyone can use it anytime anywhere, making online teaching and learning accessible to anyone in the world. Furthermore, we would like to examine whether or not this platform is viable for online teaching in higher education and the K-12 environment, as well as how it works as a training tool in a private industry setting. Based on our observations, we plan make some hypotheses as to how this platform will affect online learning today and in the future.
Objectives
Since WizIQ is fairly new and very few people know of it, this project will:
- Expose the class to a new online learning and teaching platform
- Compare two online learning and conferencing platforms
- Encourage class participation and usage because we will ask others in the class to try WizIQ by participating in our demonstration
- Incorporate user feedback and evaluation of usage of WizIQ
