The Second Tool.

Communication Tool

The second tool of Information Communication Technology as integration in teaching and learning is a communication tool. There was a presentation presented by the module tutor. From his presentation, I learnt the definition of communication tool, its two types, its definition with examples; their difference, why? And how to use communication tools in learning and teaching. Given below is the presentation link done by the module tutor:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/169lfYMDZvw19K0Y1GvkBudWElae3075kS8RhNuVhr5A/edit#slide=id.p3

Now, let’s go through what I have learnt from this session. I learnt that communication tool is applications that we can use to communicate to our family or to other people. Some of the examples given by our tutor are Gmail, Skype, Video conferencing, chat, Blog etc.

The two types of Communication tools are Synchronous and Asynchronous. Synchronous communication happens when both the sender and receiver are active at the same time. Like talking on telephone is the best example. Some more  examples of synchronous communication tools are video conferencing, Chat, Instant Messaging etc.

 Asynchronous communication happens when the sending and receiving occur  at different times. Like emailing and answering after few hours as receiver was not online. Some more examples of asynchronous  communication tools are Email, Web- based training, Pod casting, Computer- based Training and DVD.

From these two types of communication tool,  I realized we used most the time synchronous but as side by side we have also used asynchronous communication tool. But we have used video conferencing  only this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. However,  I found  using online classes through live video conference was such an amazing experience for me where teacher can be seen at the same moment and teaching us on the topic just like we are inside classroom face to face. Besides, we can get immediate  feedback as well.

There are lots of a difference between these two type of communicative tool and here are some of their differences:

Synchronous      

During synchronous, all students as well as facilitators need to be present. It is real time interaction with tutor and activities are done during class period itself where as  Asynchronous , students can attend whenever they want within the course time frame, facilitators need not have to be online at a given time, there is no real time interaction with tutors and tutors or students need to find time to communicate with each other for activities.                                      

Why to use the communication tool in teaching and learning?

Communication tool must be used in teaching and learning so that every individual  needs are fulfilled, more over teacher will be able to cater to the children's interest in learning as well as in teaching. Teacher can make class more lively and fun through different communication tools.

This tool has a greater advantage in communicating and socializing with teachers as well as students in learning as well in teaching. Besides advantages, there are numerous disadvantages of Synchronous and Asynchronous. Synchronous needs commitment for collaborators but if the technologies fail then the collaboration session is impossible. Whereas, using Asynchronous doesn’t help learners to get immediate feedback so it becomes difficult to keep track of the learner’s learning.  Therefore, I agree that using synchronous can be much advantage than Asynchronous.

That’s all about this second tool ‘’communication tool.’’ See you all when I come up with the third tool. 

Above all the varieties of  communication tools, we learnt how to create  a Blog. We were given an activity to create a Blog related to Information Communication Technology and it is a kind of reflective or learning profile about Information Communication Technology as integration in learning and teaching.  It was of great learning experience for me.

Happy Reading!😊😊😊