Enabling communication - education
- decreasing sense of isolation
- increasing flexibility
- increasing variety
- increasing communication experience
- enabling variety of pedagogy
slide: Enabling Communication
Forms of communication
- asynchronous - email, news, ftp, http
- synchronous - IRC, MUD/MOO, chat
- face-to-face - audio/video conferencing
slide: Forms of communication
Communication Approaches
- one-to-one - peer assessment and email buddies
- one-to-many - lectures, presentations
- many-to-one - feedback and evaluation
- many-to-many - virtual class, panel discussions
slide: Communication Approaches
Communication Tools
- email - threading, filters, MIME, ..., search
- mailing list - majordomo
- Web/email-news Gateway - MHonArc (archives)
- news readers
- conferencing - ...
- MUD/MOO/MUSH - multi-user shared hallucination)
- chat - CGI, IRC, Java, avatar-based
- groupware - Lotus Notes
- audio communication - Cooltalk, Netmeeting
- video communication - CuSeeMe, MBONE
slide: Communication Tools