Communicative Tool གོ་བརྡ་སྤོད་པའི་གྱི་ལག་ཆས།

 

What is Informative tool? (གོ་བརྡ་སྤོད་པའི་གྱི་ལག་ཆས)

Communicative tool (གོ་བརྡ་སྤོད་པའི་གྱི་ལག་ཆས) refers is an application, apps or tools which are used to exchange information and ideas in two ways, both synchronous and asynchronous between senders and receivers, including social media. It can improve student-teacher interaction, increase productivity and efficiency of works, provide students with accurate and clear information and ensure good communication between sender and recipients, including email, chat rooms💬, virtual and online meeting rooms.

There are two types of communication tools; Synchronous and asynchronous communication.

Synchronous communication tool mean the ability to communicate and collaborate in real time in the same “different time” mode, including online chats, video conferencing and phone calls📲. It allows people to connect at the same time and receive instant feedback and responses from the participants. 

 Asynchronous communication is any communication that does not take place in real time, such as emails, forum comments, and recorded voice. This communication tool has no learning time limit and is a customizable schedule whereby learner engages with their learning program according to their schedule. Despite the advantages, both tools have disadvantages such as high data and power consumption, and slow internet connection when communicating synchronously, while asynchronous communication has disadvantages such as no face-to-face contact, no immediate feedback and limited communication, and collaboration. 

 As a future educator it is very important to use both means of communication tools in order to improve learning and make learning more productive and comprehensible. So, for successful learning, use Google docs, Google slides, and Zoom meeting to make the class more collaborative and communicative. And also use learning management system to supplement the teaching by sharing files such as PPT, PDF, video tutorial, and images. Moreover, let them create and using blog as a communicative tool to share their thoughts, and express their ideas. It will help them to become a lifelong leaner’s.