PowerPoint Presentation Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

a joke
or
reality?
Crystal Gaudry, Tammie-Lyne Aubin,
Collene Armstrong, Steffen Tweedle

Review of CMC

Key Terms in CMC

• Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)

• Asynchronous Communication

• Synchronous Communication (“real time” or “live”)

• Electronic Mail Systems (which can be further classified as push or pull systems)

• Threaded Discussion Forums (can also be classified as push or pull systems)

Steffen, Colleen, Tammie, Crystal

Types of Asynchronous CMC systems

• Electronic Pen pals (interpersonal communication)
• Individual and Cooperative Research Projects (gather and/or share information from and with on-line sources)
• Electronic Mentoring (on-line subject matter experts)
• Parallel Problem Solving (remote classes working on similar problem sets)
• Electronic Field Trips (e.g. Virtual Field Trips via the WWW)
• Group Development of Products (e.g. chain letters, stories, scripts, multimedia constructions)
• Social Action Projects (e.g. peace projects, social issues)

Types of Synchronous CMC Systems

a) Online Chat

• plain text chat(one to one)
• plain text chat (one or many to many)
• audio chat (one to one)
• audio chat (one to many)
• ability to moderate, lead discussions through technological methods
• shared whiteboards / multimedia capabilities

b) Multi-User Dimension (MUD) and
Multi-Object Oriented (MOO)

• living verbal environments - you can become anything you want (or not)
• time consuming to up-keep (like mingling at a big wedding)
• text only (telnet) and graphical/sound environments
• band-width and technology constraints

c) Virtual Synchronous Classrooms

• Centra System
• Centra eMeeting Trial Service
• Vclass
• LearnLink