This is my apprehention also that time zone may not be suitable to students here. Moreover,accessability to virtual classroom facilities/platform may pose some problems. But, I wl do something to over come problems of this kind.
 
Dr. Nilima Srivastava  Reader,   School of Gender & Dev Studies,  IGNOU, New Delhi


--- On Thu, 4/3/10, António Pedro Dores <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: António Pedro Dores <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: The Virtual Classroom, Internet, and Platforms
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, 4 March, 2010, 11:08 PM
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>  
>  
> Re: The Virtual Classroom, Internet, and
> Platforms
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> FROM
> LISBON, 
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>   
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> There
> is no problem on organizing and linking the technological
> apparatus
> you mention.  
> 
> We
> use to work at after work time, since 18:00 till 22:30
> London
> time. Which means 13:00 till 17:30 NY time (correct me if I
> am wrong). So, I
> think our students would be able to join other colleagues
> often.  
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> Com
> os melhores cumprimentos 
> 
> António
> Pedro Dores 
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> De: The
> Partners
> Project [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Em nome de
> Sarah Hernandez
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> Enviada: quarta-feira, 3 de Março de 2010 3:26
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> Para: [log in to unmask]
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> Assunto: Re: The Virtual Classroom, Internet, and
> Platforms 
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>    
> 
> Greetings,
> 
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> 
>   I’ve been a bit out of contact, but now
> able to make some
> time. 
> 
> 
> 
>   Thank you both Robert and Rodney for following
> up on the formation
> of the technology that allows for communication. I am
> certain I can arrange for
> Skype access at our institution. What Rodney describes in
> terms of the
> capabilities (“We will definitely be able to host all
> of the papers,
> possibly enroll professors (and even students) into our
> blackboard system, use
> SKYPE, WIKI’s, Blogs, face-book, Google, etc. Live
> conferencing,
> pod-castings, and delayed feeds are also a possibility.
> “) seems a pretty
> complete set of choices. 
> 
> 
> 
>   We have not yet addressed the issue of time
> zone. It is difficult
> to address that without some work particularly from folks
> who are not within
> the time zones that the US experiences. In the Americas we
> are within a 6 hour
> range (between Alaska at 6:07 and Brazil  and
> Argentina at 12:07). In that
> range, it may be possible to find mutual times to converse
> live with those in
> Alaska doing so early in the work day and those in South
> American in the latter
> part of their work day. However, for our friends outside of
> the American
> continent, we will need to make accommodations outside the
> regular school
> session time. We probably will choose to have these
> conversations rather
> sparsely, and do most of our communication in writing,
> which allows for better
> accommodation with the different time zones. 
> 
> 
> 
>   I do want to share that I am increasingly more
> enticed by this
> effort. It is not an easy process, but it will be  a
> great experience for
> all of our students and ourselves. I am looking forward to
> the actual
> implementation of this project. I suspect that after the
> first time around, as
> we smooth the rough edges, the idea will become more
> popular and we will be
> able to attract even more participants from around the
> world. 
> 
> 
> 
>  Sarah
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> On 2/23/10 9:10 PM, "Howard, Robert" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote: 
> 
> Colleagues,
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> 
> 
> Very soon I will be assembling the ‘dream team’
> to help make these
> things possible. We may have certain questions after the
> meeting regarding
> preferences and options, and I’ll post these to this
> group for comment.
> 
> 
> 
> I look forward to contributing in some small way.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Robert 
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