Web Meeting Best Practices

With any new instructional tool, there may be some intuitive uses. However, having a background in best practices is useful for successful and creative implementation that ensure student success. This page is dedicated to those uses identified as practical and useful with tools like eLive at other institutes of higher education.

Interactive Instruction
Getting the Mix Right Again: An updated and theoretical rationale for interaction
Terry Anderson, Athabasca University
- This article makes the rationale for interactive distance courses and the challenges faced with developing that interactivity.

Online Synchronous Practices
Promoting Synchronous Interaction in an eLearning Environment
Cheng-Chang (Sam) Pan & Michael Sullivan, University of Texas at Brownsville
- While this article focuses on the instructors' use of Skype, the importance of online, real-time discussions is related to eLive use.
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Best Practices in Synchronous Conferencing Moderation
Lynn Anderson, et al, Athabasca University
- This is an article describing some eLive tools and put together by the Center for Distance Education members.