So this is my first ever blog.
Once again I am being introduced to a new technology. I am not really sure what I think of blogs yet or exactly how they might be a useful learning tool. I suppose this blog will make me question my own learning and hopefully make me more aware of what I know, don't know and what areas of technical communication and e-learning interest me the most.
At the moment I am in the middle of a project which examines online collaboration tools. I think my favorite tool so far is definitely instant messaging. The only downside of it seems to be when you are searching for an old message and you have to go trawling through lots of different posts. This is where discussion forums seem to have the advantage, as each new topic can be put into a new thread. With Sulis however there is a bit of a delay before discussion forum posts actually appear. I suppose I just need to try explore both of these tools a bit more over the next few days.
There are so many technologies open to us now it is mind boggling. We had a presentation on Instant Messaging (IM) and it was interesting to note how Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are really benefitting. So it is not as if these technologies are toys they really can do something to make people's lives better.
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