Copyright

Terry Anderson

Published On

2021-04-29

Page Range

pp. 421-434

Language

  • English

Print Length

13 pages

16. Econferences Are Not the Same, but Are They Good Enough?

  • Terry Anderson (author)
Chapter of: Right Research: Modelling Sustainable Research Practices in the Anthropocene (pp. 421–434)

Terry Anderson helped pioneer econferencing with the email-based Bangkok Project event in 1992, which took place just one year after the World Wide Web went public. In the following chapter, he reflects back on the early challenges of the online conference medium and looks ahead to its future. How has the econference evolved from its origins to today? Will online gatherings always feel like a less satisfying version of their traditional, face-to-face counterpart or can they offer conference-goers something unique?

Contributors

Terry Anderson

(author)
Professor Emeritus, Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University

Terry Anderson, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair in the Centre for Distance Education and the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Centre at Athabasca University. Terry has published widely in the area of distance education and educational technology and has co-authored or edited ten books and numerous papers. Much of Terry's research work revolves around studying interaction amongst and between students, teachers and content. He claims to have organized (in 1992) the first virtual conference ever held using a variety of networks that preceded the Internet.