Chatrooms let learners have conversations with others on the same course or anybody from around the world. Everyone in the "chatroom" can see everything they type.

Types of chatrooms include...

• open conversations where everyone has an equal role;
• moderated where a "speaker" leads the chat and tries to keep everything in order;
  rooms that have chaperons or monitors who try to make sure things don't get out of hand and can kick people out of the room if they don't behave.

In most of these rooms what is typed is seen right away by everyone.

Note: the chaperons/monitors can't prevent learners from going off into a private chat area with a person who may want to hurt them or type information that may put them in danger.

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