The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
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Abstract
An online conference is illustrated using the format of a TV talk show. The conference combined live audio discussion with
visual images spontaneously selected by the moderator in the manner of a TV control-room director. A combination of
inexpensive online collaborative tools was used for the event, based on the browser-based audio-conferencing software,
iVocalize. The exercise illustrates how an impression of a fully featured online video-conference can be created without the
need for complex video-conferencing software and high bandwidth
