EDU 816 - Telecommunications for Doctoral Studies

(2 credits)

This course provides doctoral students with telecommunications skills needed to do background exploration, conduct research, engage in online professional communication, and carry out electronic publication. Focuses on uses of the Internet appropriate to doctoral studies. A basic comfort level with computers is assumed, as is at least slight experience using e-mail and visiting the World Wide Web. Topics include advanced e-mail; participation in online discussion groups; techniques for locating information on the Internet; file retrieval (including decompression and file formats); integration of online materials with local software; ethical and legal issues; CMC and telecommunication research as it relates to the educational process; and electronic publication.

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