13019

13019

General Session - Conference Presentation and Interactive Activity Only (40 minutes, no formal paper)

**Creating Synchronous Learning** James Bender, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, USA, benderj@lcc.edu

In this session students will be asked to identify the advantage of an online courses, and then they will be introduced to online synchronous learning. Students who were previously unable to attend traditional classes because of time constraints, personal responsibilities, or distance from campus can now access their course via online instruction. Synchronous learning will enhance the teaching and learning experience. Now students can bridge the gap between the flexibility of online learning and still have the benefits of real time instruction. Not to mention the mastery learning possibilities as a result of the archive content. //Interactivity// We will use the Adobe Connect meeting tool and log into the online classroom. Once in the online classroom we will engage teaching and learning effectiveness through the use of live classroom chats, polls, groups discussions and interactive games, all with the hopes of promoting student success. The following outcomes and benefits will result from the use of Adobe Connect in the classroom: 1. Increase student engagement and interest 2. Enhance teaching and learning effectiveness 3. Illustrate new forms of collaborations 4. Design new project for content and presentations

All Audiences online