Complete Brainstorm
Face to face conversation instead of Facebook
Talk instead of text
Lost in translation
Communication breakdown
50% of the message is lost as a lot of communication is non verbal ie sighs, facial expressions, pauses. Interesting article about talking face to face
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| Mehrabian’s Breakdown of Face-to-Face Communication |
The art of conversation is dying?
A game in America to encourage family and friends to talk
Teens text.... keep parents clueless Loads of American videos on You Tube about texting
Email is dead in five years. I like the reference to @tweet size emails of 140 characters or else have a conversation..
GMail Video chat - the way forward?
Since sometimes reading "lol" doesn't deliver the same punch as actually hearing your friend laugh at your jokes, you can now use voice and video capabilities in your Gmail chat. From within Gmail, you can have an actual conversation with someone (seriously, out loud), or even chat face to face over video. See how it works.
Ten levels of intimacy
Ji Lee, Creative Director for Google Creative Lab in NYC, recently posted an interesting info-graphic titled “10 Levels of Intimacy in Today’s Communication. By the looks of it, he ranks 10 as the most intimate (face-to-face) and 1 as the least intimate
Advancements in telecommunications and technology have greatly transformed communication since the patent of the telephone in 1876 (Public Broadcasting Service, n.d.). While the telephone is still a commonly used communication channel today, the number of mobile phone subscribers has increased exponentially since 2000. Data reveals that worldwide mobile penetration has grown from 12% in 2000 to over 60% at the end of 2008 with 4 billion mobile subscribers registered worldwide (UNESCO, 2008). Mobile phones (also referred to as cellular or cell phones) optimize voice and data communication with services and features supporting email, messaging, video, gaming, etc. An additional new feature unveiled by Google in February 2009 is a 1.5-million digital-book collection for the cell phone that was developed through a partnership with several major college libraries (Young, 2009). With these innovative services and features, online education is becoming increasingly “mobile” and portable by enabling students to speak with faculty as well as download pre-recorded videos/podcasts and text lectures, respond to emails, and participate in synchronous “live” classes - just using a mobile phone.
Voiceover Internet Protocol (VoIP) is also transforming online education by providing faculty with new opportunities to connect with students. VoIP is
“an IP telephony term for a set of facilities used to manage the delivery of voice information over the Internet” (“What is VoIP?,” 2008, ¶1). VoIP enables synchronous (real-time) communication providing voice and video options through the Internet which avoids the toll charges typically charged by telephone service (“What is VoIP?,” 2008). “Voice” options, both asynchronous and synchronous, are becoming increasingly prominent as educational features in course management systems such as Blackboard, Angel, and Moodle. For example, faculty can now create voice announcements, voice emails, voice boards, and podcasts to integrate into their courses through Horizon Wimba. Additionally, faculty can schedule “live” synchronous online lectures through Horizon Wimba Classroom that are instructor- or student-led, including voice and video options. Wimba Classroom uses VoIP and video to:
Replicate the dynamic dialogue of a face-to-face class with real-time, multi-way voice and video. A speaker’s video is triggered by voice-detected switching, making technology invisible while allowing a discussion to flow naturally. A telephone dial-in feature allows users to participate when traveling or acts as a back up if network problems occur. (Wimba Classroom, n.d., ¶14)Skype, Adobe Connect, and GoToMeeting also use VoIP to support teleconferencing and videoconferencing. '
A play on words....
Feels Like I'm talking to a brick wall
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