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Telecollaboration
Some of the ways that we can communicate with others on the Internet
could almost be called "old technology" now, but they are
still very effective. We tend to think about the Internet as millions
of webpages
in cyberspace (including text, graphics, audio and video), but we frequently
forget that the Internet is also a network of *people* that
our students can "reach out and touch" - an expert, or a friend
with an interest in the topic we are teaching, another class that is
learning about the same thing,
native speakers interested in a cultural exchange - who else can you
think of?
Here are some of the communication technologies that we can take advantage
of:
- email
- listservs
- threaded discussions (bulletin boards)
- chat rooms
- instant messaging
- virtual "places"
- blogs and wikis
- video conferencing
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