1/52.5.1 Key Attributes of Online Education
As mentioned at the beginning of this Section, online education is not just traditional distance education combined with computer-mediated communication (CMC), but a new form of education using CAI. A very important issue of online education is interactive group work which has been virtually impossible in distance education until now. Harasim [Har90] discussed five key attributes to characterise online education:
- Many-to-many communication
- Place-independent communication
- Time-independent communication
- Text-based communication
- Computer-mediated communication
2.5.1 Key Attributes of Online Education
As mentioned at the beginning of this Section, online education is not just traditional distance education combined with computer-mediated communication (CMC), but a new form of education using CAI. A very important issue of online education is interactive group work which has been virtually impossible in distance education until now. Harasim [Har90] discussed five key attributes to characterise online education:
- Many-to-many communication
- Place-independent communication
- Time-independent communication
- Text-based communication
- Computer-mediated communication
2.5.1.1 Many-to-many communication