conference calls

  • Why supposedly boring conference calls are actually amazing

    Where phone and Skype remain the gold standard for one-to-one communication (and learning), many of us find value in conference calls, irrespective of the technology (phone, Skype, Webex, Hangouts…) used. Conference calls may seem as unimpressive or mundane as that other piece of paradigm-changing learning technology, the whiteboard – but that’s the point. They are learning technology that…

    Doc Porter Museum of Telephone History, Houston Texas, USA (Texas.713/flickr.com)