I've never been able to "attend" an online meeting or webinar live, although I have listened to a couple of archives. The potential for learning and networking without traveling is terrific. However, I hope these things don't totally replace live contact, because there's something special about face to face contact. That said, these online sessions provide a wonderful opportunity to learn whenever it is convenient and without spending money on gas.
I'm also limited on when I can go to the archives, since I'm still on dial-up at home. I try to go in to work early or stay late, as I did for today's webinar "Learning About Illuminar" by Rhonda Machlan of the State Library.
I've been kind of intimidated by the new Illuminar interface on our online catalog, so this session was helpful in familiarizing me with some of its features. I'll stay late again sometime soon and customize Illuminar for my patrons before I forget what I learned!
I found the questions that people asked via audio or text as interesting as the presentation, and I wonder if their questions were really answered. That is one flaw of not being face to face...sometimes I think the questioners just give up when their question isn't really answered because it's such a hassle.
In the future, I hope to find more time to explore all the continuing ed options available through webinars. Just a cursory search showed a lot of interesting ones out there.
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