http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/02/chat-is-dead-long-live-im Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/02/chat-is-dead-long-live-im#comment-353 Rob Reynolds Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/02/chat-is-dead-long-live-im#comment-353 I completely agree with this!! Some instructors still like having "virtual office hours" and they assume that everyone will be equally interested in everyone else's questions, concerns, preoccupations. It's just a mess, especially if it's trotted out on those old clunky variants of NetMeeting. IM is definitely the way to go -- especially when people are using whatever computer they can and they need web-based access, not via a Course Management portal that only allows them to use their course-designated log-in. I completely agree with this!! Some instructors still like having “virtual office hours” and they assume that everyone will be equally interested in everyone else’s questions, concerns, preoccupations. It’s just a mess, especially if it’s trotted out on those old clunky variants of NetMeeting. IM is definitely the way to go — especially when people are using whatever computer they can and they need web-based access, not via a Course Management portal that only allows them to use their course-designated log-in.

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