Cyberlanguage

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  Written Speech

  
  The technology of electronic communication has provided a third medium, which occupies the middle ground between spoken and written language, and reflects the fact that the Internet is electronic, global and interactive. In other words, cyber language is written language, but reads as if it is spoken language. The nature of the language does, however, depend on the technology being used and the recipient; email messages, for example, may resemble a traditional letter or written speech.
  

Examples

• Cyber language contains abbreviations, acronyms, variations on words -- which may include common prefixes, suffices or blends -- and graphical icons, known as avatars. Typical examples of cyber language include well-known abbreviations, such as:
  

  •  lol (laugh out loud)
  •  omg (oh my god)
  •  l8r (later)
  •  paw (parents are watching)

   In the absence of avatars, communicators often create their own "emoticons" from basic punctuation marks:

  •  :) or :-) represents a smile
  •  :( or :-( represents a frown
  • :() or :-() might indicate that the sender cannot stop talking. 

   

  Scenario

  Cyber language does indicates that we are really talking to the person or to express our feelings. However, there are some arguments that assume cyber language had ruined or become the termite that eats the value of language. How did this things should be overcome?

Information Sharing

Social Networking

Social networking is a recent invention that has the Internet still at the edge of its seat due to its popularity with people. This is mostly because it really is for the people. Bringing every kind of social group together in one place and letting them interact is really a big thing indeed. Everything about it lies on the advantages and disadvantages of social networking, and what it can do for you.

Here are the advantages that can be more than enough for you to want to join in.

Low Costs

Definitely, it's cheaper to use online social networking for both personal and business use because most of it is usually free. While personal use is rather simple for anyone, the business functions are underestimated by many. In a social networking site, you can scout out potential customers and target markets with just a few clicks and keystrokes, adding a boost to your usual advertisements and promotional strategies. It lets you learn about their likes and dislikes, which is tremendous. If you want to fine tune your business, then this is the way to go, whether on a budget or not.

Builds Credibility

You definitely can gain the customers' confidence if you can connect to them on both a personal and professional level. Despite having to do a bit of work, it definitely pays off as you can be tapped for an offer if someone catches wind of your products or services. As long as you don't pursue them too aggressively, you will do well here.

Connections

You are friends with people who have other friends, and so on. There is potential in such a common situation. By using a social networking site, you can do what you can and get connected with these people to form a web of connections that can give you leverage if you play your cards right. As long as you give as well as you recieve, then they will most likely stick with you. These connections are definitely valuable in the long run.

That definitely sounds enticing.

 Disadvantages

Lack of Anonymity

You are putting out information about your name, location, age, gender, and many other types of information that you may not want to let others know. Most people would say be careful, but no one can be certain at any given time. As long as people can know who you exactly are, then some can find ways to do you in.

Scams and Harassment

There is a potential for failure of security in both personal and business context. While many sites apply certain measures to keep any of these cases of harassment, cyber-stalking, online scams, and identity theft to an absolute minimum, you still may never know.

Time Consuming

If this is not your kind of thing, that it would just be a waste of time for you. The key to social networking is that it is supposed to be fun, whether you are just doing it for kicks or clicking around for business purposes. That should be reasonable enough for anyone, but there are those people who don't see the point. For them, it can be a disadvantage.

Now there is something to really think about. Nothing is without a blemish, but those of this type of networking shouldn't really be that much of a concern regarding your safety. As long as you go along without making big mistakes, then it is all good. You can take advantage of the Internet phenomenon that continues up to this day.

Once you understand the advantages and disadvantages of social networking, then you can cruise through without fail.

Scenario

Social networking does gives its own advantages and drawbacks, however, will this kind of network will evolve in the future? and what are the probability that this kind of network will last in a long time?

 

Online Communication

The term "online communication" refers to reading, writing, and communication via networked computers. It encompasses synchronous computer-mediated communication and asynchronous computer-mediated communication and the reading and writing of online documents via the World Wide Web. Some of you must be wondering what is synchronous and asynchronous communication right? 

1. Synchronous - A situation where people communicate in real time via chat or discussion software, with all participants at their computers at the same time.
2. Asynchronous -  A situation people communicate in a delayed fashion by computer, using programs such as e-mail.

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Synchronous tools : 

- If using the “same time, different place” model of communication, some common barriers to implementation of synchronous tools are cost and bandwidth—not only cost and bandwidth on your end, as the individual teacher or the institution, but also to the students.

Tool	Useful for	Drawbacks
Audio conferencing	Discussions and dialogue	Cost, especially when international participation is involved
Web conferencing	Sharing presentations and information	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful
Video conferencing	In-depth discussions with higher-touch interactions	Cost, limited availability of video conferencing systems
Chat	Information sharing of low-complexity issues	Usually requires typing, "lower touch" experience
Instant messaging	Ad hoc quick communications	All users must use compatible system, usually best for 1:1 interactions
White boarding	Co-development of ideas	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful
Application sharing	Co-development of documents	Cost, bandwidth; may also require audio conferencing to be useful

Asynchronous tools : 

- When it comes to virtual communication in support of our classes, asynchronous communication is by far the more popular model if for no other reason than the barriers to implementation tend to be much lower and many of these tools are free and require minimal hardware and software.

Tool	Useful for	Drawbacks
Discussion boards	Dialogue that takes place over a period of time	May take longer to arrive at decisions or conclusions
Web logs (Blogs)	Sharing ideas and comments	May take longer to arrive at decisions or conclusions
Messaging (e-mail)	One-to-one or one-to-many communications	May be misused as a "collaboration tool" and become overwhelming
Streaming audio	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
Streaming video	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
Narrated slideshows	Communicating or teaching	Static and typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas
"Learning objects" (Web-based training)	Teaching and training	Typically does not provide option to answer questions or expand on ideas in detail
Document libraries	Managing resources	Version control can be an issue unless check-in / check-out functionality is enabled
Databases	Managing information and knowledge	Requires clear definition and skillful administration
Web books	Teaching and training	Not dynamic and may lose interest of users
Surveys and polls	Capturing information and trends	Requires clear definition and ongoing coordination
Shared Calendars	Coordinating activities	System compatibility
Web site links	Providing resources and references	May become outdated and "broken"

Browsing Strategies

Browser, short for web browser, is a software application used to enable computers users to locate and access web pages. Browsers translates the basic HTML (Hypertext Mark Up Language) code that allows us to see images, text videos and listen to audios on websites, along with hyperlinks that let us travel to different web pages. The browser gets in contact with the web server and requests for information. The web server receives the information and displays it on the computer.

There are different browsers for various things you do on the internet. There's a text based browser. With a text based browser you are only allowed to see text. Graphical material are not displayed. Hyperlinks are accessed by typing it in through the keyboard. An example of a text based browser is LYNX. There's a graphical browser and that allows the user to see all types of multimedia.

There are several types of browsers but the one thing they have in common is that they carry out the same function, they transfer hypertext. Here are some familiar common web browsers:

• Mozilla FireFox
• Netscape Navigator
• Microsoft Internet Explorer

Search Engines

         Search engines are programs that help you in finding information on the web and the Internet. A search engine is a program that finds Web sites, pages, images, videos, news maps, and other information related to a specific topic or anything that you insisted to find.

         As example, Google's search engine like most others, provides two different search approaches which are keyword search and directory search.

Scenario

       Search engines and web browsers are very essential to the Internet users and nowadays there are various types of search engines. What will happen if there are too many web browsers? and how did we as the users decide which search engines is the best?

Virtual VS Electronic

E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process. The term will still most likely be utilized to reference out-of-classroom and in-classroom educational experiences via technology, even as advances continue in regard to devices and curriculum.


Listening to e- learning's capabilities is awesome but a good service always have high payment. The cost of making an institution an electronic institution or campus is very high. An institution has to spend more than its usual cost in order to build an electronic campus. The cost is not only about the price but also the contribution of personal computer. Without a computer, a staff cannot run the e-learning because the main thing is the computer.

Another cost that should be emphasized on is the learning tuition of how to use certain software after they were installed. As for new electronic institution, tuition or seminar is needed to train the staffs to master the system in order to have efficient results. 


Scenario
Let's take a look at nowadays education institution, such as Open University, they had implemented the virtual learning in order to  lighten the burden most of its students and staffs. In addition most of the students are under long distance learning course.


As conclusion, Electronic campus is very useful to both students and staffs but there are several major obstacles in pursuing it, the cost will be one of them.