First blog

I have used second life only briefly, and during the time i was using this system i found the applications and the system was quiet hard to use. On the contrary i can also see how useful this system can be to facilitate and teach users within organisational context.
Because second life is 3D and almost [...]

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Social networking has become the new buzz word in todays society. Everywhere i go i can hear “Facebook”, “Myspace” and “Bebo”. Am i a user on these pages- NO. Reason- i believe that these so called social networking systems are not quiet social. People do not leave home, but instead log onto their webpage and [...]

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After searching high and low, i have finally pin pointed the place where my community centre is situated. The closest community centre to Ashfield is in Summer Hill, a 2 min drive from my house.
I was pretty amazed at how difficult it was to find a community centre around the area i lived. Quiet ironically [...]

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Last week when i attended class the program was centred on second life, with Jo presenting. Jo was showing us what she does on second life and how it could be used within organisations for training and development purposes. Anne mentioned how this could be relevant in the future for DOCS if they implemented such [...]

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Synchronous communication is when people are logged on online all together and communicate and collaborate on issues, conversations, and topics spoken about. Some examples of Synchronous communication is: msn, chat rooms and confrenece calls.
The benefit of synchronous communication is that people could could talk and communicate with people in the comfort of their own home, [...]

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