Benefits of ICT Communicating As an Internet user, the tools you are most likely to use to communicate with other Internet users are: Electronic mail the.

Benefits of ICT Communicating

As an Internet user, the tools you are most likely to use to communicate with other Internet users are:

• Electronic mail

the most popular and widespread network application of all, used by tens of millions of network users for one-to-one or group communication.

• Usenet News

group communication on an extensive scale, with thousands of group forums on particular topics.

• Real-time communication

which enables you to join in the conversation as it happens, whether it is typed, spoken, or viewed.


Benefits of ICTCommunicating

Electronic Mail

• Electronic mail (often referred to as e-mail) is a system for the transmission of messages between computers.

• E-mail enables you, as an e-mail user, to send messages to other e-mail users via computer – conveniently, quickly and cheaply. It also provides an effective mechanism for the distribution of information to many people simultaneously.



Uses of e-mail

• Keeping in touch with colleaguesE-mail is one of the most effective and efficient ways of keeping in touch with colleagues around the world, because it is quick, cheap and informal.

• Collaborative projects E-mail oils the wheels of collaboration by offering an easy means of communication on a one-to-one or group basis.



Uses of e-mail

• Exchanging documents

documents can easily be sent, edited and re-sent via e-mail. This makes e-mail a fast and efficient medium in situations such as joint authoring of papers, where authors are geographically apart.

• Administration

organising conferences or meetings is one example. Assuming that the majority of people involved have e-mail addresses, e-mail could be used for the initial announcements, for drafting agendas, taking bookings, receiving papers, issuing minutes or proceedings, and so on.



Advantages of e-mail

• Cheap

• Fast

messages are usually delivered within minutes. Distance is no object. A message can be delivered to the other side of the world almost as quickly as to the other side of a city.




• Efficient

– if you are working at your computer, you don't need to move to send or receive e-mail. There are no costs for paper, envelopes or stamps.

– unlike the telephone, you don't need to rely on your correspondent being available when you communicate. An e-mail message can wait in a

mailbox until it is opened and read.




• Flexible

a message may be sent to one person or to many. In theory, anything in electronic form can be sent by e-mail.

The advantages in using email far outweigh its relatively

minor disadvantages.



Finding e-mail addresses

• There is no comprehensive directory of e-mail addresses, though there are some commercial directory services on the Internet:

– some directory services try to provide a global solution to the problem of finding personal contact details

– others aim to cover local information needs.

Examples include Yahoo!'s PeopleSearch or Lycos'

WhoWhere?



Sending files via e-mail

Sending files via email can be an extremely useful and convenient facility.


• Sending attachments in most modern mail systems, you can send word-processed documents, spreadsheets, video and audio files


Electronic journals and newsletters

• There are many newsletters based on electronic mail.• Electronic journals and newsletters range from serious academic

journals to magazines. – they cover a wide range of subjects– they can be rapidly and cheaply distributed.

Many electronic journals and newsletters are free, but charged-for titles are becoming more common.



Discussion lists

• Discussion lists provide a means of communication for people with a common interest. They enable them to:

– meet (electronically)

– exchange views

– circulate news and announcements

– help each other solve problems.



Discussion lists

Find a mailing list on a topic of your choice.There are thousands of mailing lists available, and the likelihood of finding one on any given topic is reasonably high. The main problem is knowing where to look.

Mailbase http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists.html



How discussion lists work

• Messages go to all list members

• Some lists are moderated – the moderator will screen out inappropriate

messages, or may group together related messages.



Newsgroups

• These provide a medium for discussion. People can announce news items, state their opinions, etc.

• Anyone can post a message (article) to a newsgroup. There is enormous choice of subject. Within each newsgroup, there are multiple discussions going on at the same time. Responses to an article are grouped with that article in what is known as a thread. You can follow the trail of discussion on a specific topic by following the thread.



Real-time communication

There are a number of facilities which allow you to converse with others on the Internet. In contrast to e-mail, these facilities simulate a face to face conversation. They are tools for real-time communication and collaboration on the Internet.



Real-time communication

• Talk

This allows conversations involving two people. Both parties must set up the link.

• Chat

For group discussions Internet Relay Chat is popular. There is a wide topic choice. http://support.airmail.net/irc/chat.htm

• Web conferencing

This allows users to see, hear and chat to each other as well as share files and pictures.



• You'll find further information on directory services in the FAQ on finding people’s e-mail. http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/finding.html

• The Internet User's Guide to Network Resource Tools has some more information about group communication. http://www.terena.nl/libr/gnrt/group/index.html


Benefits of ICT Communicating As an Internet user, the tools you are most likely to use to communicate with other Internet users are: Electronic mail the.

Documents

email message

colleagues email

email user

benefits of ict

advantages of email

advantages of email

internet users

e mail users