Saturday, May 7, 2011

How Information can be Presented in a Synchronous Medium

Wiki can also be used in a synchronous learning environment.  This will provide facilitators and participant a collaborative setting in which to pursue education and training objectives.  Athens State University uses wikis in combination with instant messaging tools in order to create a type of virtual classroom.   At this university wikis are used with instant messaging tools in order to do group projects, for example.  The instant message tools allow participants to interact with members of the team about assignments and aspects of projects without telephone conversation or a physical meeting.   Audio and text messaging tools add more of the feel of the traditional classroom to the online distant learning environment. 
The components of a universities asynchronous learning environment that can be enhance by adding synchronous content is large.  The instant messaging sessions from course chats can be used to supplement the asynchronous course content. 

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