Communication has evolved in numerous of ways. It is no longer communicating by the house telephone. There are cellular phones with the technology of going on the Internet; surfing and purchasing. You can communicate through emails, online discussions, video conference and chats. You are able to communicate with people from all over the world with a click of the finger from your computer.
Some of the online tools that are available today to facilitate these interactions among learners are emails. They are free, fast and you can send more than one at a time. Another online tool is Instant Messenger; where you can chat with a group of people at one time or an individual person. There is Facebook, Twitters and Skype.
The blog talked about communication is for helping to understand the different types of online communication and tips for the different tools.
Examining Communication in Online Ed. This blog talked about communication being examined at virtual schools to examine polices for teacher-student, teacher-parent and student-student. They used telephone, message boards and email showing how online programs were handled with communication.
Blog Posts
http://faesswebpicks.blogspot.com/2009/08/online-communication-toolkit.html
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/
References:
Siemens, G. (Speaker). (n.d.). The Future of Distance Education. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
Communication has come a long way. Who would have thought you could communicate with someone outside of the telephone. I personally would like to investigate the Web 2.0 technologies to learn how they can work best for me in the work place.
ReplyDeleteIt is very amazing. You have Skype, chat rooms and blog. A lot of this you can do on a cellular phone which has given regular telephones a lot of competition.
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