Navigate 2.1.1

Synchronous learning is critical to student success in an online learning environment.  Currently, Ga Virtual utilizes Adobe Connect to manage synchronous learning sessions with students.  However, there are many delivery methods available out there.  Blackboard Collaborate and Adobe Connect are fairly similar.  They offer a White Board feature and allow teachers to share documents and pictures with students.  Both have polling features, but Blackboard does require students to download a file to their computers in order to be able to participate in the session.  To me, Google Hangouts is more of a social media tool rather than a learning system because it does not have a whiteboard feature built in. From what I've learned through exploring the sites, Cisco WebEx and GoTo Meeting seem to be similar in that they might be best used for business collaborations rather than student learning.