Virtual Office Hours

A best practice I am taking from this course if the idea of having virtual office hours. The instructor is on-line, via audio and whiteboard, every Thursday, for one hour. I connected this past Thursday and found it to be helpful, both for question I had and to feel more connected with the learning process. For example, we talked about the course framework assginment and although I could have my questions answered via postings/email, I realized I wasn't really sure what my question was. Orginally, I had wanted more background on what was expected, but the conversation evolved into my focus for taking the class and reaffirmed my learning objectives.