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What is IRC

Chapter 67
Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
Internet Relay Chat is a form of instant communication over the Internet by pure text. It is mainly designed for group (Many-to-many) communication in chat rooms called channels. It was created by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988, and is still popular around certain people until now.
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Chat Rooms for Language Teaching and Learning
Cheng-chao Su (National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, Taiwan) and Karen Garcia (Knowledge Management Systems Design, Evaluation & Training, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch067
Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of synchronous computer mediated communication (SCMC) platforms and identifies their hardware requirements. SurveyMonkey, an online survey tool, is featured as an example of how access to international communities of language teachers can be tapped to appraise the merits of chat tools for teaching and learning. Their review finds that Messengers are most widely used and popular because of their usefulness and friendly interface. Since most students are now using chat rooms, teachers must develop a better understanding of how to best utilize these systems in language teaching. Pedagogical methods are uncovered in order to ensure that best practices in the use of SCMC for language acquisition prevail. Trends in using online chat for teaching and learning are highlighted as advances in intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) contributes to what is becoming ICMC (intelligent computer mediated communication).
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Chapter 74
Crime Identification Using Traffic Analysis of HTTP Botnet
Internet relay chat (IRC) is a system for chatting that involves a set of rules and conventions and client/server software.
Published in Chapter: Crime Identification Using Traffic Analysis of HTTP Botnet; From: Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web
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Chapter 67
Chat Rooms for Language Teaching and Learning
Internet Relay Chat is a form of instant communication over the Internet by pure text. It is mainly designed for group (Many-to-many) communication in chat rooms called channels. It was created by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988, and is still popular around certain people until now.
Published in Chapter: Chat Rooms for Language Teaching and Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Concept Maps and Meaningful Learning
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