What a hot topic. A recent comment by a classmate stated that there is very little research on this topic. Usually, when there is new technology and the speed with which technology is moving it creates a vacum as it relates to research. However, isn't this how research is derived? An observation is made, an hypotesis is made, a decision to test that hypothesis, data gathered from the experiment, a conclusion is drawn to validate or refute the hypothesis.
That said as teachers, creating lessons to include the various forms of CMC such as blogging, email for students and listservs and newsgroups for other teachers is a way to produce research. What an exciting opportunity to not only engage students but to be engaged ourselves in teaching and learning new technologies, skills and being a researcher.
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