I understood that Communicative tools are systems that allow easy communication between teachers and students or betwe
For example; students using e-mail and online chats for messaging the information.
Following are commonly used communicative tools;
1) Synchronous: Refers two or more people exchange information in real-time and users must be simultaneously connected, rather like telephone call. Examples; chat, telephone call, videoconferencing, etc...
The advantages of Synchronous are; it enables real-time communication, can be use for instructional activities that require higher degree of interaction and helps in solving urgent problems or issues.There are difficulties as well. They are; multiple threads of discussion are difficult to follow, slow connections distracts and fails to keep abreast of interest, discussion lose focus because of many side discussions and difficult to make quick comments by slow computer users.
2) Asynchronous: Refers to the exchange of data between two or more parties without the requirement for all the recipients to respond immediately. In this type of communication, people communicating do not need to log on the internet at the same time. Examples; e-mail, we chat, blog, wiki, etc…
The advantages of this communication that I have learnt are; appropriate for activities that require more time in thinking before responding. The difficulties of using these communications are; discussion boards/blogs/vle posts fail to maintain the interest (minimizes frequency), checking the discussion board/vle/blogs for posts is an additional task and asynchronous nature discourages learners’ participation.
Though I have been using different types of communication till now, I didn't realize that these communications can be categorized in these two types. After going through these two types of communication, now I am sure that I can use types of communication according to the situation by keeping advantages and disadvantages in mind.
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