I haven’t had a lot of experience with synchronous chat platforms.  In previous courses I have used things like Elluminate rooms and the Wimba platform.  Of the two, I much preferred Elluminate.  I found the interface to be easier to use and the whiteboard feature was nice too.  In one Elluminate session I was in, one of the participants shared her desktop with us so we could all look at the same page at the same time while discussing it.  I did set up a synchronous chat tool within my Moodle course shell and found it quite easy to set up.  I played around with it a bit and found that it worked fine.  I’m not sure how much I would use this in my current teaching context but it’s nice to know that the option is there and that I can make use of it if I feel so inclined.

Cheers,

Ken

Posted: 07|9|09 at 10:11 am. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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