I had a long conversation with my colleague who is studying on a Masters along side some online MBA students. We were talking about how effective using chat rooms can be, especially when the numbers of students were large. His comments were illuminating. He said that it really was not so very different from being in a classroom, as everybody did not always want to comment all the time. And in the same way that only one person can speak at once in the classroom situation, so also in the chatroom situation.
His only real objection to the process was one that could not be avoided. He's studying with the University of Liverpool in the UK, but he is actually situated in New Zealand, so the time difference is 13 hours, and he's getting short on sleep.
# posted by Mary @ 3:58 PM
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