The students attending the Elluminate session for SXP288 declined to speak in (or before) the session. This meant that the session was fairly hard to run. I asked a number of questions during the explanatory stage of the session and they responded (slowly) via the text chat or by using the typing tool on the whiteboard.
When we got to the test questions at the end they all participated by using the the text chat, or the typing tool, or other drawing tools on the whiteboard.
The test questions were generally handled well.
The session took about 75 minutes.
After the session I posted a pdf version of the annotated whiteboards on out tutor group forum and made the recorded Elluminate session viewable.
I also asked for feedback as the second Elluminate session was due in a few days. One student stated that I had hit the nail on the head - an excellent refresher on organic chemistry, building on S104 "Exploring Science" with useful handouts. The level and length were fine.
So the feedback was gratifying. I seemed to have achieved exactly what I set out to do. However the lack of discussion during the session is still a concern to me. I must be able to do better than this.
[19 March 2013]