Debrief from Emporia State presentation

Well, as often happens with technology there was a glitch Friday evening. Really there were several. My PPT file was over 8MB and took a long time to load into Adobe Connect/Presenter. There were audio issues with almost 20 seconds of delay. We opted to "punt" and try again on Saturday.

Saturday went much smoother. It was a unique experience for me, presenting without any audience feedback. I never knew what the response was. So, it was gratifying to receive these two emails from Rob, the instructor:

That was really an incredible presentation. The students were very interested in your topic and talked about it quite a bit afterward. Two students in particular were looking forward to this topic (the others didn't understand the Semantic web initially) and were disappointed that the opportunity to hear you "almost" eluded them on Friday. We were so glad you accommodated us.

You weren't aware, but the Library and Information Management Dean happened to pay an unannounced visit to the class just before your presentation. She stayed and watched. Off microphone she was telling the students that your information/presentation was perhaps one of the most important things they could learn in the entire course, and even the foundation for other courses. Thought you would be interested.

Me a guest lecturer?

I got an email last week from Dr. Robert Gibson with Emporia State University who is teaching a graduate class on information transfer (Library Science.) He had attended the online virtual C2C conference last spring and asked me if I would be willing to replicate my presentation for his class via our web conferencing system - Abode Connect. I was flattered and agreed. I will be doing that this Friday evening.

I'll post how that goes later.

SIDLIT Evaluation

It has been awhile since I entered anything new in this blog. I am keeping busy with work, teaching a Java class, and taking the Research Methods course to finish up my degree.

I did finally get the feedback for my presentations a SIDLIT. Only 6 people completed the survey. I was encouraged by the informal responses I received at the conference, however. I had one attendee approach me to tell me that she had no idea what Web 3.0 was about and had just about reached her limit of "seat time" when the presentation began. She said that she really enjoyed the presentation and felt she had learned a lot.

One of the technical support team at JCCC told me that he was pretty savvy about the semantic web but learned a few things and thought I did a good job of presenting a complex subject so that it was easily understood. This informal feedback, where people go out of their way, is exciting for me.

EventName The Semantic Web (Web 3.0) - The Platform, Promise & Potential

Jim Van Horn
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