Natalie Fonseca

EDTL 506

Fall 2012

Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of practice (e.g., people typically must take the initiative to "login" to participate) and they may feel "impersonal" to those who prefer higher-touch synchronous technologies.

One-to-one or one-to-many communications

May be misused as a "collaboration tool" and

become overwhelming

Wikis are web pages that students can use to

write, edit, and add elements such as images

and video, to create collaborative projects.

https://msfonseca.wikispaces.com

Blogs are a type of website develped and

maintained by an individual using easy to use

online software or a hosting platform with

space for writing.

Blogs feature instant publishing online and

invite audiences to read and provide

feedback and comments.

A podcast is a type of digital media consisting

of an episodic series of audio radio, video,

PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and

downloaded through web syndication or

streamed online to a computer or mobile

device. In the context of Apple devices, the

term "Podcasts" refers to the audio and video

version of podcasts.

Click on the podcast below

A vodcast is a video podcast.

Please click on the introductory vodcast

below.