Title :
Applications of technology to distance education: communication within a virtual community
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Language, Literature, & Commun., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
Despite our best attempts to use technology to foster interpersonal communication in distance-education classes, there are many opportunities for lapses and failures. Even the best-intentioned instructors and students can fall into traps brought about by technology and its misuse. Facilities designed to foster communication can be bewildering to those who do not understand them; rather than leading to improved communication, they can actually serve as barriers.
Keywords :
distance learning; human factors; information services; professional communication; teaching; distance education; instructors; interpersonal communication; multimedia; students; technology applications; virtual community communication; Costs; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Hardware; Production; Professional communication; Reflection; Simple object access protocol; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2002. IPCC 2002. Proceedings. IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7591-2
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049131
