- Makes real-time interaction possible among students
and also with the tutor;
- Is used, at a specific time, to invite the people on-line
to participate in a chat session (their name can be seen on the screen at
all times);
- Provides the opportunity for a small group of students
to get better acquainted;
- Facilitates working in small groups and stimulates co-operative
learning;
- Encourages less formal and more spontaneous interventions
than with the synchronous technical tools.
