Online Conferences
Professional Development for a Networked Era
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2010
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61735-139-6 (ISBN)
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61735-139-6 (ISBN)
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This book explores the shift from traditional to online professional conferences, highlighting their economic and environmental benefits. It provides guidance on organizing and participating in online conferences, discusses interactive technologies, and shares best practices from experienced organizers.
The professional conference has been, for many years, the primary tool for continuing education and networking in many professions. Now, however, the economic and environmental costs associated with travel, and the opportunity costs associated with absence from the workplace, compel organizers, trainers and executives to weigh the costs versus the benefits of this form of professional development. Online conferences offer an effective alternative that is economical, environmentally friendly and convenient. These factors position online professional conferences as poised to emerge as a mainstream form of lifelong learning in all professions.
This book looks at the elements of effective continuing professional education, the affordances of interactive technologies, and the lessons learned by experienced online conference organizers. It is designed to provide guidance and advice to those wishing to coordinate, sponsor or participate effectively in an online professional development conference. The text describes various ways in which a variety of networking technologies are being used to support successful online professional development events. Resources for conference organizers are given in the form of links to commercial and open source software, and companies providing platforms and comprehensive support for the organization of online conferences. The text contains the results of interviews with 12 organizers of the most successful online conferences to date. Finally, a list of best practices, based on the research literature, experiences of the authors and experienced online conference organizers, is presented in the final chapter.
The professional conference has been, for many years, the primary tool for continuing education and networking in many professions. Now, however, the economic and environmental costs associated with travel, and the opportunity costs associated with absence from the workplace, compel organizers, trainers and executives to weigh the costs versus the benefits of this form of professional development. Online conferences offer an effective alternative that is economical, environmentally friendly and convenient. These factors position online professional conferences as poised to emerge as a mainstream form of lifelong learning in all professions.
This book looks at the elements of effective continuing professional education, the affordances of interactive technologies, and the lessons learned by experienced online conference organizers. It is designed to provide guidance and advice to those wishing to coordinate, sponsor or participate effectively in an online professional development conference. The text describes various ways in which a variety of networking technologies are being used to support successful online professional development events. Resources for conference organizers are given in the form of links to commercial and open source software, and companies providing platforms and comprehensive support for the organization of online conferences. The text contains the results of interviews with 12 organizers of the most successful online conferences to date. Finally, a list of best practices, based on the research literature, experiences of the authors and experienced online conference organizers, is presented in the final chapter.
Terry Anderson is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University. He has published widely in the area of distance education and educational technology
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Continuing Professional Education: An Historical Overview.
Chapter 2. What is an Online CPE Conference?
Chapter 3. Technologies: From Text to Immersion.
Chapter 4. Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Conferencing Technologies.
Chapter 5. Conference Components, Formats, and Design.
Chapter 6. Online Conference Evaluation.
Chapter 7. Emergence of Infrastructure and Commercial Support for Online Conferences.
Chapter 8. Organizer Perspectives.
Chapter 9. Summary of Best Practices and Making Change Happen.
References.
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61735-139-3 / 1617351393 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61735-139-6 / 9781617351396 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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