Discussion on the Information Superhighway

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Discussion on the Information Superhighway

• FSI 2000
• Applications II

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Where are we going?

• Discussion of technologies
• Hands on practice with technologies
• Ideas and suggestions for implementation

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Why interact over the web?

• Provides alternative options for student
  expression
• Students who wont talk in class
• Questions that require more thought
• Eliminates one way flow of communication
• Gets students into content more often

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Why interact over the web?

• Facilitates group/team projects for
  non-traditional students
• Exposes students to real world use of
  technology

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What are your choices?

• Synchronous
• Same time, same virtual place
• Asynchronous
• Any time, any place

Choice of tool must be made by careful analysis
of your audience and objectives !
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Asynchronous Technologies

• Email
• Mailto tricks (virtual study groups)
• Listservs (and things that look like them)
• Newsgroups
• Web based discussion tools
• Webboard, Big Mouth Lion, etc.

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Synchronous Tools

• MUDs and MOOs
• Chat
• Everychat, WebBoard
• IRC using pIRCh, mIRC, etc
• Public Service
• Yahoo Chat
• Internet Pagers
• Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ

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Video / Audio Tools

• Video/Audio Conference
• Yahoo Messenger (Audio Only)
• CU-SeeMe
• can handle up to 12 simultaneous participants
• ICUII
• Many others
• Telephone Tools
• Dialpad.com

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Collaboration Tools

• NetMeeting
• TeamWave

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Determining which tool to use

• What best fits your objectives
• Cost
• Platform/client/browser compatibility
• What software must be installed
• Administration
• Interface
• Search/filter tools
• Speed and Performance

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