Conferencing
Conferencing :
(ICT) Computer conferencing is a development of Email designed to support many-to-many communication, whereby computer users in different locations can take part in a "virtual conference". A conference usually consists of a group of participants who have a common interest in the conference subject matter. Computer conferencing software enables the organisation, storage, structuring and retrieval of messages. Messages may be organised under different topics, by author or by date of posting. Asynchronous conferencing may take place via a Blog, Discussion List, Forum or Wiki: See Section 12, Module 1.5, headed Discussion lists, blogs, wikis, social networking. Synchronous conferencing takes place in "real time", e.g. within a?Chat Room. See also: Audioconferencing, Videoconferencing
