This week we got introduced to another way of learning called Webinar. Like other methods, this method is a virtual one too and I find it very interesting to talk about as a new way of E-learning.

But first of all, what is a webinar itself?

A webinar is a live, web-based video conference that uses the internet to connect the individual (or multiple individuals) hosting the webinar to an audience of viewers and listeners from all over the world. 

In our case, a webinar is an online seminar or workshop delivered over the internet as
the word itself which literally means a blend of -web and -seminar.

This week our teacher sent us 2 videos related to ''Discovering grammar with consciousness-raising tasks'' and the other one '' Proverbs and Quotables''  and we will reflect and give our opinions about them. 2 videos were a bit long but they gave us a lot of new information and were very helpful for all of us as we were dealing with a new way of learning. Even though our teacher delivered to us videos in an online way to watch and comment over them it means that everyone was free to give their opinions and also share ideas and knowledge with other students also with our teacher. Some students might find it easy to deal with these new ways of learning because they might be good at using technology but some others might find it difficult because not all students have technological skills and it might be challenging for some of them. But what we can do?
We need to embrace technology to make learning more engaging. Because when students are engaged and they are interested, that's where learning takes place.

The introduction of these online seminars is a good way of learning and a good method to use during teaching because it represents questions for discussion, teacher can use also a variety of digital materials, can share videos, picture, etc and students might share their ideas with each other and in this way they (students) feel more comfortable to communicate with each other and the teacher through these online chats and groups. This way of learning also facilitates the teacher's job, when she has to deal with a wider audience and not to forget is the fact that this way of learning makes the seminar more interesting and not boring while students are learning something new.

As we can see 'webinars' has a lot of advantages when it comes to teaching and it is a good method to use while we are teaching as future teachers also this method facilitate our job as teachers and is very helpful to all students nowadays. 

But it is not all about the technology; it’s about sharing knowledge and information, communicating efficiently, building learning communities and creating a culture of professionalism in schools. These are the key responsibilities of all educational leaders.

Technology can become the “wings” that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before—if we will allow it."

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XOXO