1. Faculty Activity During Office Hours

2. Student Taking Advantage of Office Hours

3. Why not use technology to make better use of the time?

4. Online Office Hours Meet needs of online students One-on-one discussion Convenient and easy to use No cost!

5. Blackboard Office Hours Chat Path = Communication>Collaboration>Chat Tool

6. Other Chat Tools: AIM, Yahoo, Google, MSN

7. Adium - Multiple Chat Accounts in One Application

8. Other Chat Tools Trillian (Windows) - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com http://www.ceruleanstudios.com Jabber - http://www.jabber.org/ http://www.jabber.org Meebo (Web-Based)- http://wwwl.meebo.com/ http://wwwl.meebo.com

9. Meebo - Web-based Chat

10. Meebo Widget

11. Chat Advantages Works well for online office hours More activity and interaction with more students. Students are familiar with technology. Informal, personal, and accessible. Easy to use and fun!