Last week, I virtually attended the Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning conference . Everything happens online through Adobe Connect, so there is no travel involved. That makes it easier and less expensive to attend but also eliminates the possibility of running up big bills in restaurants paid for by your employer. The pre-conference had 4 presentations and then there were 6 on each of the two days of the conference. I learned something from each presentation, and many valuable links and other information was shared by participants in the chat that went on during each presentation. I experienced few technical issues -- some audio dropouts and in the middle of day 2 I had to switch computers because I could no longer connect using my laptop, but overall it was a very smooth experience. Everything happened on time and the pacing was good throughout. This was the second time I attended this conference and I think it was even better this year. Although you do miss out on face-to-
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