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What is Messaging System

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Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
A message is a communication artefact that is used to transfer information from one entity to another. Messages can take a wide variety of different forms - for example, a gesture, a postal letter, a SMS text, an electronic message. A messaging system is an infrastructure that facilitates the creation, transmission, delivery and storage of messages. Electronic mail is an example of a messaging system since it provides facilities for creating sending, receibving and storing electronic messages.
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Using Metanotation as a Tool for Describing Learning Systems
Philip Barker (University of Teesside, UK)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch003
Abstract
Metanotation is a powerful tool for describing systems, objects and processes. This chapter illustrates how this tool can be used to specify the nature and characteristics of learning systems and the various artefacts from which they are composed. It is suggested that messages and messaging systems are the fundamental building blocks from which learning artefacts are created. The chapter therefore discusses the nature of communication and messaging from an educational perspective and then outlines how various types of message artefact can be used to build hybrid learning systems that involve the use of Webs, Wikis, weblogs and electronic books.
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