Blenducation is launching “Real time online classes”.

First off you need to register at the site and then you can sign up for offered classes, most of which will be free with a few being offered for a small fee.

(There are complete instructions on the site explaining the sign up process).

Knowing that interested participants are in a number of different time zones, Dipingo included a time zone setting on his site, that once set to your time zone, allows you to see when the classes are offered “your time”. Very handy indeed for those like me who are forever trying to make time conversion more complicated than it really is.

Once you have signed up, you receive an email invitation with a link to join a “net meeting” room. That is where your class will take place. After you join the class, you see the instructor’s desktop and watch the lesson in real time as it is being taught. There is even a chat room, where you can talk to the other students as well as the instructor.

The first class (which has already passed, but may be offered again) was designed to be an informational “meet and greet”, to introduce how the classes would look and feel.

And it worked great. As Dipingo explained how the classes would work, we could see everything he was doing on his computer. The audio and speed of video update was good.

I can see enormous potential for this project. The ability to hold classes real time is a great way to get students from all over together in an interactive endearment.

The staff of Blenderart Magazine wishes Blenducation all the luck and sucess possible, and eagerly await more classes to be scheduled for our educational enjoyment.

 Sign up for classes here.