A couple of weeks ago lecturers from the School of Health and Information Services held a video conference call to colleagues in Malaysia. This was the first time we had all used Skype so I was nervous, but the call went perfectly. The audio was clear, the video sync’d to the speech and it was just like holding a normal conversation.

We also recorded the call using a Skype add-in called Vodburner which means the lecturers can look over the call and review the questions and issues raised.

Overall I was pleased with the way it went and I would encourage other tutors to try out Skype.