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Tips for Using Chat as an Instructional Tool
The software can be used to augment a conventional course or in a hybrid or online course. To use chat only for direct informational connections with students is to limit its potential in the learning process. I have used chat software for seven years at the university level both with undergraduate and graduate students and have found the same results. Most students resist the work involved to integrate the tool initially, however, often speak about it later as one of the best aids in their learning process.References
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Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1996). Computer support for knowledge-building communities. In T. Koschmann (Ed.), CSCL: Theory and practice of an emerging paradigm. Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
About the author: Ruth Reynard is the director of faculty for Career Education Corp. She can be reached at rreynard@careered.com.
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Ruth Reynard, Ph.D., "Tips for Using Chat as an Instructional Tool," T.H.E. Journal, 1/16/2008, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/21837
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