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The role of synchronous communication in fully distance education

Author(s) -

Gary Motteram

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

australasian journal of educational technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1449-5554

pISSN - 1449-3098

DOI - 10.14742/ajet.1787

Subject(s) - asynchronous communication , distance education , asynchronous learning , context (archaeology) , key (lock) , process (computing) , computer science , computer mediated communication , synchronous learning , mathematics education , educational technology , pedagogy , knowledge management , sociology , teaching method , psychology , world wide web , cooperative learning , the internet , telecommunications , paleontology , computer security , biology , operating system

The issue of whether distance education can fulfil the needs of learners has been much discussed in the literature. It is generally felt that there are two key facets to an educational context which are vital to the process of education, one is the building of a community within a group and a second is the deep understanding of ideas and issues that are presented as part of a course. This paper shows how both these aspects of learning can be facilitated through a number of different online tools in the context of fully distance Masters education. It argues further that synchronous tools are more effective for the 'social' side of education and that asynchronous tools are better at dealing with the 'academic' aspects of the course.

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