Definition of Virtual Communications
Virtual communications encompasses a broad spectrum
of concepts, technologies and practices that are central to our daily lives.
In our society today, we can now communicate with a friend or co-worker in another
country or continent instantaneously. We can earn a college degree or take continuous
learning classes online with the click of a few buttons. The proliferation of
information and communication tools, like e-mail, instant
messaging and Internet telephony has revolutionized
the way we work and live. How we use the technologies, such as email and collaboration
tools, can influence the quality of the work we do and can determine
our ability to function as a high producing, high performing workforce. Virtual
communications facilitates the ability to know and understand how to access
and share information electronically and is a portal through which a world of
limitless learning opportunities exist.