Virtual Conferences versus Face-to-Face Conferences, or Why Do We Bother to Travel to Conferences Although We're E-Learning Experts?
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Susan A. Santo, University of South Dakota, United States ; Ray Thompson, Department of Special Education, Brigham Young University Hawaii, United States ; Bert Y. Kimura, International Center, Osaka Gakuin University, Japan
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA
Abstract
This panel will present two opposing views: 1) virtual conferences do not offer the type of valuable experiences enabled by face to face conferences or 2) virtual conferences offer significant advantages over their counterparts.
Citation
Santo, S.A., Thompson, R. & Kimura, B.Y. (2006). Virtual Conferences versus Face-to-Face Conferences, or Why Do We Bother to Travel to Conferences Although We're E-Learning Experts?. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 3009-3013). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/24162/.
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