Studies have shown that many students don't take advantage of office hours due to anxiety and that most instructors use this time to catch up on paperwork. There are also studies that show students who DO attend office hours are more likely to be successful.
We have discovered a tool developed by Marco Pollanen, a mathematics instructor from Trent University that allows one to hold online office hours - it's called enVision. This format for office hours works well for face to face classes AND online classes. Students can participate anonymously if they choose to.
It is a chat/whiteboard program for writing mathematical equations (more of a drawing program) as well as just plain text in chat mode. It is a java applet (java 1.1, no plug-in needed) that loads into a standard browser. It is FREE and available at www.xiom.org (there is currently no sound capability) Don't you LOVE people who share their stuff?
If this looks like something you'd like to download - contact computer services for assistance.
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