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Chapter 49
Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
This term is often used as a generic term for all e-mail distribution programs, and also as a generic adjective to describe all online discussion groups (a listserv group) or just as a generic noun “a listserv.”
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E-Mail Distribution Lists in Adult Learning: A Historical Perspective
Mauri Collins (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) and Zane Berge (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch049
Abstract
Online, e-mail-based discussion groups are contemporary examples of an historical tradition of voluntary, informal, learning groups used by adults for topical discussion, fellowship, and learning. Because the discussion among group members takes the form of e-mail exchanges, they are also been likened to historical correspondence networks. This chapter sets the historical context of the e-mail-based discussion groups that preceded the extensive use of bulletin-board style discussion forums in contemporary learning management systems.
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Chapter 106
Online Learning Environments
It is also called an electronic mailing list. It is a special usage of e-mail that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. Software is installed on a server to process incoming e-mail messages according to their content. The process could either distribute the e-mail to all subscribed users or just process it inside the server. Some popular tools of mailing list software are GNU Mailman, LISTSERV, and Majordomo.
Published in Chapter: Online Learning Environments; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 195
Electronic Government and Integrated Library Systems
An automatic mailing list server developed by Eric Thomas for BITNET in 1986, and a program that automatically sends messages to multiple e-mail addresses on a mailing list.
Published in Chapter: Electronic Government and Integrated Library Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 49
E-Mail Distribution Lists in Adult Learning: A Historical Perspective
This term is often used as a generic term for all e-mail distribution programs, and also as a generic adjective to describe all online discussion groups (a listserv group) or just as a generic noun “a listserv.”
Published in Chapter: E-Mail Distribution Lists in Adult Learning: A Historical Perspective; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Chapter 273
Self-Directed Learning with Web-Based Resources
Listserv is an electronic mailing list management system that automatically broadcasts messages to all subscribers on the list. Mailing lists are email-based discussion groups with a common professional or academic interest.
Published in Chapter: Self-Directed Learning with Web-Based Resources; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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