Computer-Mediated Communication: Development of an Intranet for a University Academic Department

Oyenike Laoye
2005 American journal of undergraduate research  
The Intranet has been said to be one of the most important technological developments in Computer Communications. Whilst it is now a common, rapidly growing resource in the business world for the dissemination of information, it is yet to be fully explored in educational institutions. Intranets have an enormous potential to transform education in interesting and challenging ways as they offer an exciting approach for improving and facilitating innovative ways of supporting communication and
more » ... for accessing teaching and learning resources. This paper discusses the importance and usefulness of Computer-Mediated Communication in the enhancement of human communications and the focus is on the application of the Intranet (a form of Computer-Mediated Communication) in the context of campus-based university education. This is illustrated by means of a case study and a realistic example i.e. the development of an Educational Intranet (CS.IntraNet) for the Department of Computer Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
doi:10.33697/ajur.2005.017 fatcat:4adri7r2o5a2tdqugdxb34a3l4