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This is the first wiki for the spring 2007 University of San Diego EDUC 577 course. =Welcome!=

This wiki is intended to facilitate learning and discussion with regard to various communication technologies used in education. See this [|brief article] for some scholarly references on the pedagogical principles involved with using synchronous and asynchronous tools in K-12.

Asynchronous communication tools Asynchronous communication refers to communication that doesn't require the simultaneous presence of the communicators. An offline analog to asynchronous communication is regular mail.

Synchronous communication tools Synchronous communication requires both parties to be present (temporally, not physically) to be fully effective. It is analogous to phone or face-to-face conversations.

Learning management systems (LMS) LMSs typically incorporate a number of communication tools as well as tools to help manage a course.

Web page creation tools Creation of web pages no longer requires highly specialized tools and knowledge.

Web browsing and searching Everyone knows how to google, but do they do it efficiently and effectively? And are you aware of all the tools available to you and your students within the Firefox web browser?

>>[|Click here] to see the assignment related to this wikispace.