tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post6973867456039114169..comments2024-03-16T02:39:39.781-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: Session Hopping – A Practical GuideTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-26446864228683682952009-02-20T14:00:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:00:00.000-08:00Tony, I just don't sometimes choose the right pres...Tony, I just don't sometimes choose the right presentation and leave for another one. <BR/>Whem I am presenting, some people just go. I don't mind. I learned that people have various reasons to go away from a presentation.Jaaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091883358361599056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-63770381547857660142008-01-23T07:24:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:24:00.000-08:00Great comments -Profv - I had pretty good luck wit...Great comments -<BR/><BR/>Profv - I had pretty good luck with college students staying (1990-2000). These were small classes and the culture was that you didn't do that. <BR/><BR/>I've got to say, trying to do a presentation to 2 people (or 1) is incredibly hard.<BR/><BR/>And like you, I've been in the presentation with 5 people where you just felt you couldn't leave. And, it often turns out there's a reason there were only 5 people.<BR/><BR/>Dave - I like your suggestion - summary. That's a great way to handle the outline.<BR/><BR/>Jody - good point around online presentations. One thing that having recorded sessions does though - it makes me always have an additional wonder whether sitting through the presentation real-time is worth it. Essentially, the online presenter is competing with everything else.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-48789155873154575522008-01-23T06:11:00.000-08:002008-01-23T06:11:00.000-08:00I'm also a session hopper so these tips will come ...I'm also a session hopper so these tips will come in handy. Thanks. <BR/><BR/>Lately I find myself attending more online conferences. For starters, they're way less expensive. More importantly though, the sesssions are usually recorded which makes it possible to attend a missed session or review a really good session in more detail. And, really good conferences will have a pre and post discussions to connect with the presenter. A good example of a really well organized conference was the Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations conference (http://www.complexive.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) organized by George Siemens last fall.Jody Batyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807121150382325152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-69443096909125604012008-01-23T06:08:00.000-08:002008-01-23T06:08:00.000-08:00I don't know that I'm a session hopper per se, but...I don't know that I'm a session hopper per se, but at a conference with multiple sessions, I almost always plan a bail-out alternative.<BR/><BR/>I accept that my reading of a session's description may not match the presenter's reality. I might show up to hear about some new area, only to decide it has no interest for me. And since the cost of travel/living/registration is out of my pocket, I don't hang around just because the topic is hot or the presenter has a big photo in the conference brochure.<BR/><BR/>When I'm the presenter, I start off with a 45-second summary of what the session's about and why I'm giving it. ("I'm going to tell how we trained 2,500 novices to work with computers, use a new custom application, and work with off-the-shelf software. I'll talk about why did did what we did, and why we changed course. And I'll focus on our extremely hands-on approach.")<BR/><BR/>The handouts will be out already (and if you don't think session hoppers tend to take them, you must not be looking).<BR/><BR/>I'll ask how many are at their first conference of this type. Then I'll say, "if you find this isn't meeting your interests, don't just sit here -- leave! Pick another session from the program and go . You won't hurt my feelings. Well, not that much."<BR/><BR/>There <I>is</I> the risk that everyone leaves, but it hasn't happened... yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-35994302049250370782008-01-23T05:00:00.000-08:002008-01-23T05:00:00.000-08:00Obviously you aren't used to college age students ...Obviously you aren't used to college age students getting up in the middle of class to a) go to the bathroom, b)go talk to their friends outside of the classroom, and/or c)just disappearing!<BR/><BR/>I find, in fact, that most conference participants (even the session hoppers) are much more considerate than my students, and I am rarely distracted by their leaving. The one exception was when I had only 2 attendees (last presentation of a 4 day conference which wasn't that well attended any way) and one left at the beginning. I also have sat through horrible presentations because there were only 3-5 of us there. If was just too obvious to leave!V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com