Today was my first Exam Village experience. To those who didn’t catch my last blog on them, Exam Village provide online tuition for Irish students. It’s a great opportunity for those who can’t for whatever reason make it to school or want strengthen subject areas from the comfort of their home. It is not an exclusive one to one tutorial meaning you could potentially lecture to hundreds of students at a time.

So how was the experience? Firstly, the reminder was never sent to my computer telling me I had a class on. There was a slight delay in the microphone and the screen froze on occasions. Park them aside, it was great. I uploaded my notes which we were both able to review and go through. The student was interactive and responsive to my questions. We were delayed starting but I feel we both left with great optimism that we can meet in Exam Village and make progress quickly. There are many features it provides which will take time to learn (hopefully through free training sessions) which should make for a greater user experience. So for now its a thumbs up on the start Exam Village has made. I know the guys are trying hard to bring users up to speed. No doubt that once they begin to build the student user base, teachers and the department will soon follow.