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Mark Nichols (M.Nichols@ucol.ac.nz)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:32:18 +1200 

From: Mark Nichols <M.Nichols@ucol.ac.nz>
Subject: CMC is...
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:32:18 +1200

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In respose to Muhammad Betz:

"CMC" is computer-mediated communication, a bit of a catch-all term that
includes interaction through e-mail, listserv, computer conferencing, BBSs,
etc.

In further response to your comments, let me emphasise that the criteria I
listed were used to demonstrate what a competency and rationale system might
include. I wasn't trying to list all factors.

As for HTML editors, the criterion I listed assumed that a finished product
was being evaluated. It was the end I was examining, not the means! Some are
able to design effective on-line courses using "raw" HTML, while others can
produce disasterous Web sites using the latest HTML editors. What we should
be looking at, I think, is the end product - that which students interact
with and (hopefully) learn from.

For info on using video, slides etc. I don't personally know of a specific
site, but you might find something through
http://www.unk.edu/departments/rural_health/wbi/megasite.htm. Slides can be
"saved as HTML" if you are using PowerPoint; in fact, you can link a PPT
presentation directly to a Web, which students can read through their
browser (provided they have the correct free plug-in). All transitions are
kept if you use the latter format.

Re video, any .mov or .avi clip can be stored on a Web site and downloaded
by students. Real Audio and Video (http://www.real.com/) can be used for
streaming video; Net Meeting (http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/) is
another option.

Yours,

Mark Nichols
Marketing and Communications Lecturer
Senior Lecturer, Business Studies
UCOL (Universal College of Learning)
Phone: 06 - 952 7001 ext.7311
http://www.ucol.ac.nz

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