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What is Asynchronous Tools

Chapter 27
Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems
Information tools where it is not necessary the participation of several involved parties at the same time.
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Next-Generation IT for Knowledge Distribution in Enterprises
Ramón Brena (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Gabriel Valerio (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), and Jose-Luis Aguirre (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-859-8.ch027
Abstract
From the Knowledge Management perspective, Knowledge distribution is a critical process in organizations. As many of the other Knowledge-related processes, it has received basic support from Information Technologies in the form of databases and repositories, client-server systems and other standard IT. Nevertheless, most basic IT tools fail to provide the flexible environment Knowledge distribution needs to be effective in many organizations. In this chapter we review some very advanced IT that are being proposed for supporting Knowledge distribution processes. Even though they are not mainstream technologies nowadays, they show actual trends that are expected to materialize in future generations of IT for Knowledge distribution.
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Chapter 8
Developing Key Competences for Life-Long Learning through Virtual Collaboration: Teaching ICT in English as a Medium of Instruction
These web-based tools allow users to communicate at their own convenience and based on their own schedule. Users do not communicate in real time, rather, they send or post messages to each other and check them when it is convenient to them. E-mail, wikis, blogs and discussion boards are all asynchronous online tools.
Published in Chapter: Developing Key Competences for Life-Long Learning through Virtual Collaboration: Teaching ICT in English as a Medium of Instruction; From: Handbook of Research on Foreign Language Education in the Digital Age
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