Language students can use a chat room at any time to interact with any number of people anywhere in the world. Secondly, Chat rooms can promote learner autonomy. Transcripts are generated which are useful for studying the language used. Every line of conversation is recorded, and can be seen in full thereafter. Another advantage is that students have the opportunity to observe the language used by native speakers. Learners are able to see how a conversation develops, and also to notice what kinds of response are suitable or unsuitable in given situations.
Chat rooms also promote active involvement. The learner is enticed into conversing with others, and yet can withdraw as and when they feel like it. Learners are also given the opportunity for skills development and practice. It allows learners to collaborate in real time environment through a web based environment and learning materials can be accessed through a LMS.
Collaboration : The action of working as group to accomplish a task and to achieve shared goals. This technology includes communication devices such as Videos, content management systems, learning management systems such as Moodle and network devices. Learner-Centered Learning : A learning model based on constructivist theory of learning that places the learner in the center of the learning process.
Distance Learning : A method of learning in which the learners and the instructors are geographically separated and learning is conducted via the Internet. Learning Management Systems LMS : Software that allows instructors to put their course materials online and provides a number of online tools which manages the learning activities.
Web 2. Chat Room : A form of synchronous communication which allows participants to communicate in a real time environment. It allows participants who have a common interest to share information via text or instant messaging.
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Free Content. More Information. Gitonga, R. After a brief discussion on the first day of class, I found that my students did not need technical assistance with this tool though if they do, you can send them to the student guide for bCourses. So my instructions to them focused more on content. For example, I provided a description of the weekly chat assignment in our course syllabus, as well as a sample chat posting that showed them what I was expecting in terms of length and depth.
Since the chat room was a running dialogue i. I also found, in some classes, that students used Chat as a place to exchange ideas and information, or to set up study groups before exams.
In writing their own discussion questions, and reading those of their classmates, each student had a good sense of the issues and questions that would make up our in-class discussion.
As a result, each student had time to reflect on these issues before the start of class and, once they arrived, were prepared to make informed contributions to our discussion.
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