Effectively multiplying the resources to which the students are exposed. Electronic Mail Electronic mail is becoming more widely used across campuses nation wide and probably world wide. It's hard to experience the Web without quickly realizing the need for electronic mail or 'an e-mail address'. Students are entering college with experience in electronic mail. IRC allows the users to communicate through the keyboard at the same time or 'realtime'.
Students can meet and communicate with other people from all over the world.
The setup requires connection to the Internet and IRC software. Listserves Listserves are also used extensively across campus. They offer a group of people such as a class the ability to communicate through e-mail. The professor sets up and designates a name for the listserve such as 'CIS29301'. Then each participating member must subscribe to the designated listserve by sending the computer administrator an e-mail message stating their intent to subscribe.