As professionals are increasingly expected to participate in professional education programs, online conferences and workshops are providing significant opportunities for learning from others around the world conveniently and economically. Nevertheless, these conferences and workshops still offer all the benefits of information, discussion, and networking provided by traditional conferences. Online conferences are generally held over a longer period of time to allow participants to work it into their existing schedules. Invited speakers make their presentations as papers published on a restricted access web site. These papers can be accessed by participants around the clock for the duration of the conference, at their convenience.
Discussion occurs in several ways through both large and small group activities.
One from of discussion is live interactive sessions scheduled at designated times. These include Question and Answer sessions with the speakers. Replies can then be posted by the presenters or other conference participants. All rights reserved.