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**Making Online Education Live: Synchronous Web Conferences Integration** //Hui-Wen Huang, Graduate Student, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA, huan6826@vandals.uidaho.edu Robert Selzler, Senior (undergraduate), Curriculum and Instruction, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA, selz0411@vandals.uidaho.edu  //

This case study integrated two synchronous webinars (web seminars) into a four-week intensive online class in a land-grant institution located at the northwestern United States. A total of 15 graduate student participated in the study in summer 2009 session. An end-of-course survey including online synchronous learning experience, classroom community, and one open-ended question was administered to collect the data. The findings showed that there was a significantly positive correlation regarding the survey scores between synchronous meetings and classroom community in online environments. Additionally, 90% of the students were satisfied with the synchronous integration in an online course by answering the open-ended question. Students benefited from interactive communications between their peers and the instructors through synchronous and asynchronous teaching delivery modes. Finally, some effective teaching strategies on Elluminate Live! Program will be proposed.

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