In Computer Mediated Communication, static video cameras provide a restricted field of view of remote sites. The concept of virtual window has been introduced to alleviate this problem. Although this technique is interactionally attractive, early implementations have proved unsatisfactory because of lack of robustness. In this paper, we demonstrate that robustness and accuracy can be increased ...

This study investigated how different types of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as asynchronous forums, synchronous forums and e-mail were used to support an alternative approach to initial teacher education that relied on the formation of a knowledge-building community (KBC). The KBC involves students working in small and large groups to solve ‘real world’ problems, and in the proces...

Advances in network technologies have resulted in the emergence of virtual worlds designed to facilitate synchronous communication between users. Of the many network technologies now being utilized in computer-assisted language learning (CALL), immersive virtual environments appear to hold great potential as learning tools. This paper reports the findings of a preliminary study on non-native sp...