%0 Journal Article %T Technical Evaluation Report 54: Best practices in synchronous conferencing moderation %A Lynn Anderson %A Barb Fyvie %A Brenda Koritko %A Kathy McCarthy %A Sonia Murillo Paz %A Mary Rizzuto %A Remi Tremblay %A and Urel Sawyers %J International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning %D 2006 %I Athabasca University Press %X Practical guidelines are offered for the use of online synchronous conferencing software by session administrators and moderators. The configuration of the software prior to conferencing sessions is discussed, and the planning and implementation of useful collaborative activities such as ˇ°synchronised browsing.ˇ± The combination of these practices into useful ˇ±patternsˇ± for specific online conferencing purposes is discussed. %K videoconferencing %K synchronous %K distance education %K online education %K evaluation %K online conferencing %U http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/308/483