494 Use of Digsby for Blackboard Based Online Teaching

Friday, March 19, 2010: 7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Convention Center: 208-209
AAHE/Implement Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: Michele H. Wallen, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Speaker: Kele Ding, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that originally developed to let you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber from your desktop. My presentation will introduce (1) the use of Digsby widgets in Blackboard system and its pros and cons; and (2) a comparison of multiprotocol IM clients in the market and their potential use for online teaching, especially for Blackboard based online teaching.