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Through Hangouts, up to ten users can video conference at once, and the service is easily connected to existing Google+ circles, offering up a whole host of exciting ways teachers can make use of it for educational applications.

n the presentation "Planning an Online Course," Dr. Bonk covers pedagogical and operational differences between on-site and online courses, strategies for adapting a current course to an online version, guidelines for creating, planning, and designing course content.

In his presentation on "Managing an Online Course - Discussion Forum," Dr. Bonk specifically addresses the importance of discussion forums and managing them successfully. Points covered range from developing protocols and appropriate questions to building instructor presence.

The responses to my last post (both online and off), in which I questioned the supposed strengths of online learning, were so well informed and provocative that I think I have no choice but to return to that topic. The supporters of online learning are simply bringing me around to their way of thinking. They also have the advantage of having either taught or taken online courses, while I have only experienced a traditional college education, on both sides of the classroom. From the blog " Innovations - The Chronicle of Higher Education"