Computer-Mediated Communication

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Email and Keypalling | Mailing Lists | Newsgroups | Chat | MOO's and MUDs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email and Penpalling

E-mail and Word Processing in the ESL Classroom: How the medium affectsthe message
By Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas, American University, Donald Weasenforth, The George Washington University
URL: http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num1/weasenforth/default.html (accessed on April 4)

Friend is Treasure: An account of a pilot keypal project for Korean children ELTED and Internet TESOL Journal, V (3)
By Choi, J. and Nesi, H. 1999
URL: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Choi-KeyPals/index.html

"Email keypals for language fluency"
By Robb, T. 1996
URL: http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~trobb/keypals.html

E-mail in the Virtual ESL/EFL Classroom The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. V, No. 7, July 1999
By Pieter S. Nagel 1999
URL: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Nagel-Email.html

Computer-mediated communication magazine
CMC Magazine publishes news, features, essays, and research reports about the phenomenon of
human communication and information retrieval on global networks. (ISSN 1076-027X).
URL: http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/

Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal (IPCT-J) (NEW SITE)
It offers ideas about educational use of computers and telecommunication, Computer mediated communication,
human factors in CMC, and many other subjects.
URL: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~ipct-j/

Computer-Mediated Communication and the Online Classroom in Distance Learning
by Zane Berge (berge@guvax.georgetown.edu) and Mauri Collins (mauri@cac.psue.edu) in Computer-Mediated
Communication Magazine / Volume 2, Number 4 / April 1, 1995 / Page 6
URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/cmc/mag/1995/apr/berge.html

The eMU Papers (NEW SITE)
It offers a collection of links, papers, resources and research into the use of text based virtual reality in
educational contexts. 
URL: http://www.fed.qut.edu.au/tesol/cmc/emu/
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Mailing Lists

The purpose of most mailing lists is to broadcast news or encourage discussion about a specific topic.

Each mailing list has two addresses: the Mailing address, which is used to contact its members; and the Administrative address,
which is used to send commands to the server or maintainer of the list. The list can be either moderated or unmoderated.

If you are interested in creating your own list for free, check out the following websites:

http://www.listbot.com
http://www.coollist.com
http://www.topica.com
http://www.egroups.com

 

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Newsgroups

The purpose of this service, known also as 'Usenet news', is to provide a channel for a deep and meaningful discussion on
various matters. There are more than 85, 000 discussion groups now and each of which is dedicated to a specific topic.
It can be defined as a public notice board on the Internet.

You can access the following websites to try various newsgroups:

http://www.deja.com/usenet/
http://www.remarq.com
http://www.talkway.com

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Chat

There are many chat forums on the Internet for free, also called Internet Relay Chat, or IRC.
Try the following websites, to explore and experience it:

http://chat.yahoo.com
http://chat.excite.com
http://chat.msn.com
http://www.100hot.com/chat

You can also try Instant Messaging, especially if you want to establish a personal communication
with your close friends.

http://www.icq.com
http://messenger.msn.com
http://www.aol.com/aim/
http://messenger.yahoo.com

 

 

MOOs and MUD

Start here for your investigation.

 

1. The WWW VL: Educational Technology - Educational VR (MUD) sub-page (05-Jan-2000)
   
   URL: http://tecfa.unige.ch/edu-comp/WWW-VL/eduVR-page.html
   tecfa.unige.ch
   
   

2. More about MOOs
   Information on educational MUDs and MOOs from Berkeley's Instructional Technology Program....
   http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/MOO.html
   www.itp.berkeley.edu
   
   

3. MUDS, MOO, etc., for Education
   Collection of links regarding MUDs in education.
   http://www.insead.fr/Encyclopedia/Education/Advances/Technologies/Muds/
   www.insead.fr
   
   

4. MOO-Teach main page
   Site devoted to teaching with MOOs and MUDs; with resource links, online journal Elekcriture: A Journal of Electric Ecriture,
   classroom activities.
   http://home.earthlink.net/~d3davis/mainpg.htm
   home.earthlink.net

   
   

5. UT Austin's CWRL MUSH/MUCK/MOO/MU* Information
   A very simple, highly accessible library of documents, links, and content about MU*s and MU*ing, including and especially
   TinyMUDs such as MUCK, MUSH, MUSE, and MOO. This site is tailored to beginners but also includes...
   http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/moo/
   www.cwrl.utexas.edu

6. Rachel's Super MOO List
   A very thorough list of MOOs which is constantly updated and provides many resources.
   http://moolist.yeehaw.net/
   moolist.yeehaw.net

 

If you have any questions, comments, or any suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Snea Thinsan, Course Tutor.

Last updated:  13 May, 2001 12:57 PM
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