Fall 2003 (Last updated: 3/24/04)

Instructor: Buthaina Al Othman

The First Step Toward Distance Learning

Intorduction to Computer Mediated Communication, (CMC) Tools

Synchronous and Asynchronous

During this course you are going to learn/explore new and different ways of Live on-line communication, using some tools, which you may have used or still using. One of the main objectives of using CMC is, of course, to improve your English: Synchronous Text, Voice, & Video Chat / Conference tools: How to use Text, Voice, & Video Chat / Conference facilities, effectively, at Yahoo Messenger. Download Yahoo Messenger, and then create your YM ID. How to use text-chat and drawing facilities at Group Board. (See Previous Students Chat Projects). How to become a discoverer or an independent learner: Learn how to use different text-chat facilities at Tapped In, to participate in an online presentation, or discussion. How to record your voice and save it on your pc or a floopy disk and then, publish it on your home page. Click on Sound Recorder. Web-casting: this means Joining a Virtual Classroom session, where we can use text, voice, and view projected webpages on a board or a whiteboard. Webhaeds' Virtual Classroom, at Alado.net/webheads by Alado.net Webheads' vClass, at leanringtimes.webheads by Elluminate (I will see if we can use any of the vClassrooms, below, on September2003). (Yes we can, on Dec.7, 2003). Asynchronous Text & Voice tools: How to use Yahoo Group. (See Students Previous Projects). Voice Email Messages.You can a voice email message, it available at Learning Times. (Wimba is not free anymore).

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