As I complete the third of my graduate school courses, I reflect on the effectiveness of the web conferences I attended.  In this course I was only able to attend one of the web conferences, but thankfully the ones I missed were recorded and I was able to listen to them.  I listened to 1 web conference in each of the first four weeks of the course and attended one in the 5th week. 

In each of the conferences the attendees asked many questions of the professor.  Their questions help clear up some of the confusion I had about that week's assignments.  The weeks overview spelled out things pretty clearly, but often the students asked questions to make sure they weren't missing any important components.  The web conferences did not offer me much in terms of new learning.  All of that come from my readings.  The web conferences were only really helpful in terms clarifying what was expected from me as a student.