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Academic Virtual Meetings Management with a Synthesis Builder

Academic Virtual Meetings Management with a Synthesis Builder

Farida Bouarab-Dahmani
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 20
ISSN: 1938-7857|EISSN: 1938-7865|EISBN13: 9781522511885|DOI: 10.4018/JITR.2017040103
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Bouarab-Dahmani, Farida. "Academic Virtual Meetings Management with a Synthesis Builder." JITR vol.10, no.2 2017: pp.40-59. http://doi.org/10.4018/JITR.2017040103

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Bouarab-Dahmani, F. (2017). Academic Virtual Meetings Management with a Synthesis Builder. Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR), 10(2), 40-59. http://doi.org/10.4018/JITR.2017040103

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Bouarab-Dahmani, Farida. "Academic Virtual Meetings Management with a Synthesis Builder," Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) 10, no.2: 40-59. http://doi.org/10.4018/JITR.2017040103

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose asynchronous virtual meeting (AVM) as a tool that can be integrated to virtual campuses, university Web sites or e-learning platforms. It is a way for participants from academics and students to discuss for a defined period, one or more topics. The AVM participants have to give, respectively, objective and punctual interventions as opinions, responses chosen from a proposed list and/or suggestions. In real time, specific processes for data analysis give a progressive synthesis of the discussions visible for all participants. The proposed tool can avoid different problems and constraints that the higher education meetings organizers are faced to. We developed a prototype for the tool that was tested with a group of participants from our university. The results were interesting and showed contribution to enhance communication and decision making in higher education.

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