We’ve just begun second semester of eCommunication at USYD. The online environment of Adobe Connect is quite user friendly. I’ve been lucky enough to work with it last semester. It has many features and accessibilities. Collaboration is multifaceted in this virtual learning environment VLE. By incorporating different media tools, one can manage the flow of continuous learning through presentation, collaboration, and feedback. There is a slight time lag and frames occasionally freeze for a moment, but this is probably due to bandwidth matters. Otherwise, the interactive features of Connect allow for free management of individual learning. The student can comment or ask questions without disrupting the class or the flow of the lesson. The teacher may then address the query within the flow of the lesson. Communication between members within the VLE is more faceted than in regular classrooms. In other words, one can communicate by means of speech and text at the same time.
Traditionally, teachers would have to talk to the classroom mostly with their back turned to the students as they wrote text on a blackboard. Now, the teachers and students have their own blackboards and all participate in a more equal plain.
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