Casual Sunday Morning Conversation

Posted on | September 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

WiZiQ Session Screen Shot On the spur, just before scanning through e-mail, I took a glance at Twitter, seeing, not surprisingly, a recent post from Jeff Utecht — well into Sunday there in Shanghai. He said

Twitterverse I’ll be doing a test run of Wiziq in 10 minutes

..and then

Twitters join me in wiziq to see what this is all about. Cool you can upload your presentations ahead of time or search for other presentations in wiziq. My session: http://…

I clicked the link, was asked to register and did so, obediently, and then found myself in an Eluminate style setting with, oh, ten or so others from Thailand, China, Australia, New Zealand, and a couple of folks, still rubbing our eyes, on the east coast of the U.S.

The tool is called WiZiQ, and it enables you to

Use WiZiQ’s virtual classroom equipped with live audio-video communication, chat, content sharing, and session recording capabilities. No download is required since it works with any web browser and on any operating system.

It’s pretty impressive for a free service, and I was especially struck by the lack of delay. Jeff and I were able to carry on a conversation, as if we were on the phone or standing just next to each other. I’ve not always had that experience with virtual sessions. I took a quick screen shot during the session (see above).

I think, though, what impressed me the most was not WiZiQ, a free online elearning tool, but that all of these people were there. Jeff just cast out this not, on Twitter, and we just showed up.

I love Australian accents.

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AllanahK posted the following on September 23, 2007 at 7:47 am.
Hey that wasn’t an Australian accent that was a Kiwi one!!! Sorry Graham)

The session was totally incredible as you say because of the smattering of the global population who are able to participate.
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[...] I have recovered from last night’s networking marathon. The first learning opportunity came through a Twitter from Jeff Utecht in Shanghai that he wanted to try out WiZiQ- an Elluminate like on-line application. A number of us from all over the globe had a bit of play as we worked out together how the application works and a number of others joined us for a bit while we were playing. Dave Warlick came along to put in his 2cents worth, Will Richardson got a bit webblogged by his lack of audio input! [...]