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| - | **CPOSC Backchannel IRC** | ||
| - | Backchannel is the practice of using networked computers to maintain a real-time online conversation alongside live spoken remarks. The term was coined in the field of Linguistics to describe listeners' behaviours during verbal communication, Victor Yngve 1970. | ||
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| - | The term "backchannel" generally refers to online conversation about the topic or the speaker. Occasionally backchannel provides audience members a chance to fact-check the presentation. | ||
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| - | First growing in popularity at technology conferences, backchannel is increasingly a factor in education where WiFi connections and laptop computers allow students to use ordinary chat like IRC or AIM to actively communicate during class. | ||
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| - | Server: irc.cplug.net:6667 or irc.cplug.net:6697 (ssl) | ||
| - | Channel: #cposc | ||
| - | Web: http://www.cplug.net/irc/ | ||
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| - | //**Note for CPOSC 2009:** Not sure if Harrisburg University blocks ports 6667 and/or 6697, so you might not be able to access the backchannel directly during the conference. The web interface should work. You can also tunnel over ssh if you are so inclined. :)// | ||