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Examples

I have used Chat in my Computer Science classes to conduct virtual labs. It was particularly useful for a summer class I taught this summer.

	Two meetings per week in classroom
	Two meetings per week in cyberspace via Chat
	12 students in the class

The Chat meetings were scheduled during weekend or evening hours since all students worked full time during the summer. All students had a computer with a modem at home; some chose to participate using on-campus computers, most joined from their home computer.

Typical format of a 'Chat Session'

	Brief introduction - conference mode
	Description of today's tasks and goals - auditorium mode
	Division into groups of approx. 4 - conference mode
	Groups would split into their own chat rooms and select a group speaker see a Web page with a description of their group task take 20 - 30 minutes to discuss tasks in their group I would monitor all chat rooms but rarely particpated
	Groups would rejoin main chat room - auditorium mode
	Each speaker would get the microphone to report on their group's tasks and results
	Open discussion - conference mode
	Conclusion and outlook for next time - auditorium mode

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