Career Progress in Online and Blended Learning Environments

Abstract

Career-development conferences can support career growth for trainees. Online training provides a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to in-person methods, while still enhancing key markers of career progress.

The value of virtual conferencing for ecology and conservation

“…However, the use of virtual tools would increase the number of conferences that researchers can attend and, particularly, improve accessibility for remote and poorly funded researchers and students. Because virtual conferencing is relatively new to ecology and conservation, it may be necessary to test a number of formats and evaluate their success relative to attendance and diversity and delegate engagement and satisfaction (DeRosier et al 2013). We examined 4 virtual conference models ( Fig.…”

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