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Has Google Developed The Next Wave Of Online Education?

Posted at 8:03AM Tuesday 09 Feb 2010

Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student interaction, many educators say.

Programmers who designed Google Wave, a tool still in development and only available through limited invites, started with a question: What would eMail look like if it were invented today?

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