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of learning activities during a webinar. The content of a webinar may include a serious of readings, written 
exercises, activities, discussion boards and more (Driscoll, 2002). Webinars are becoming a popular option to hold 
conferences and meetings in almost every industry, because of the ease and relatively low cost for companies to 
obtain, develop, and train their work force through webinars (Bauer, 2005). Industry associations can be a viable 
source for professional development content to be delivered through webinar sessions to their both members and 
non-members (Bauer, 2005). 
Webinars are beneficial in many ways for companies. First, they are cost effective, eliminating the expense 
of travel and accommodation for attending a meeting or conference for either educational or other purposes (Bauer, 
2005). Companies are having difficulties in covering expenses of their employees traveling to distant destinations to 
be involved in training sessions; therefore, by enabling attendees to reach the content of a seminar from their office 
with a click of a mouse, webinars avoid these escalating travel costs. Second, webinars eliminate the loss of 
productive time that occurs while the participant is traveling to the location where the seminar is being held. Third, 
the use of webinars allows for the archiving of content, making it accessible whenever it is needed in the future. 
Finally, webinars have the potential to reach a larger audience as opposed to seminars that offered face-to-face in 
traditional conference rooms.