Analysis of Web Conferencing, Online Research Skills and Challenges

This report delves into the realm of information and communication technology, focusing on web conferencing and online research. It begins by defining ICT and its importance in facilitating business communication, then proceeds to compare and contrast web conferencing features, specifically highlighting Skype and Zoom, and their suitability for various business applications. The report emphasizes the advantages of web conferencing, such as cost and time savings, improved communication, and increased work efficiency. Furthermore, the report explores the skills essential for conducting online research, including technological proficiency, time management, and critical thinking, while also addressing the challenges researchers face, such as misinformation, topic selection difficulties, confusing questions, and a lack of technical skills. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of these skills in the current business environment and digital age.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Compare and contrast Web Conferencing features and discussing their applications and
suitability for businesses .............................................................................................................1
Discuss skills required to conduct research online and the challenges being faced....................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Information and communication technology can be defined as technology that uses the
internal and external servers to maintain data and application (Anandakumar, Arulmurugan and
Onn, 2019). It is tool that manage the telecommunications system such as video cast media,
transmission systems, intelligent building management systems, phonic processing and network-
based control and monitoring systems. Henceforth, information and communication allows
organization that they effectively communicate with their stake holders so that they can to be
more flexible in their work practices. Thus, This technologies aids to enterprise product that this
technologies is provide the information to customer in digital form through , retrieve,
manipulate, transmit, or receive information.
Furthermore, report is based on information and communication technology. Henceforth,
report will cover following activities as discussion on Web Conferencing features, differ types of
Web Conferencing applications and suitability for businesses. Lastly, discuss the different skills
which required to conduct online research.
Compare and contrast Web Conferencing features and discussing their applications and
suitability for businesses .
Web confessing is types of online tool that helps to business that they can conduct the
online meetings , presentation and conferencing via internet services especially on different IP
and Tcp connection. Thus, this tool allows to better communication between sender and receiver.
It is the broad term which can be helpful in collaborating with peoples through online in world
wide so, it provides the effective online collaborative services as people easily held meeting ,
webinars and webcast to transfer the information. Thus, this is the most essential tool in the
business because it gives better communication and sharing information to manage the business
activity (Becerril-Velasco 2019). Therefore web confessing is popular in recent era because it
provides the time to time communication via internet. There are different types of Web
confessing system which provides easy talk and online communication and collaboration, that
many business use this tool in order to solve the problem by interact with each other. There are
three main advantage of using the web confessing which is it save time and traveling cost ,
enhance communication skills and increased efficiency of work. There are different types of tool
and their features which descried below -

Skype - It is the best telecommunication application and the demand of this too is high in
current scenario because it provides video chats, video call, instant messaging and other types of
collaborating services. Therefore, this application easily install in computers, tablets, mobile
phones, smartwatches via internet. Thus, the features of this tool is that it is the application
which download in desktop and mobile through internet it provide the advantage to make free or
low-cost calls, chats and video calls to numbers worldwide (Rehmani and Dhaou, R. 2019).
Therefore, the best features of Skype is that it give robust features on free and low-cost calling
and messaging. Thus, many business uses this tool in order to reduce the cost of travelling as this
tool provide instant massaging system it helpful for communication directly to the receiver.
Thus, this allows a company to share their ideas by typing, texting and communicate verbally.
it also provides the ability to business that thy can conduct chats via IM (instant messaging)
during the web conference. With instant access to the Internet, business can also access any
necessary files right on desktop and share them with others attending so it helps to clear the
problem and doubts regarding the projects and documents. Therefore this is the best
telecommunication tool which provide the best way of managing the business activity via
internet.
The measure features of Skype is that which is -
 Visitors can use this tool and make call and message only one click
 Share the documents and file to individual and multiple people.
 Send instant voice message and also listen other voice mails in any time.
 Low cost benefits on landlines and mobile calls (Devlieghere and Roose, 2019).
Zoom - Zoom is another telecommunication application which provides the different ways to
conduct the business activity it provides the innovative collaboration and communication
services. many business use this tool in order to conduct the meetings and connect with their
team member via video confessing (Walton, Moore and Jones, 2019). This system provide the
advantage of conduct the meetings related to the effectively collaborate with employees and
team members also provide the effective training by using the Zoom. Thus, this tool have a good
features which is white boarding, screen sharing, HD video and audio, and remote screen control
features is effectively organize the training and other types of meetings. Henceforth, This
technology provide the benefit to organization that they manage their business activity in other
place which is possible through digital technology. Thus, by using this tool organization connect

with their colleagues at any given time from any location. So it helps to improving enterprise
flexibility that they can effectively and easily deal with queries. Therefore, while using this
tool it improves teamwork across the whole business. This tool is beneficial in regrading the
productivity that means organization conduct the meetings through video Confessing as it
reduce the requirements of resources also the cost of filing the manpower its reduce so it directly
impact on the productivity (Rehmani and Dhaou, R. 2019). On the other side, zoom provide the
advantage to the business as they stay connect with their team through text, image, and audio
with instant messaging. As organization can build group, and team also using this tool it allows
companies to maintain the records and keep safe and evaluated the systems so no one ca use this
system only accessed internally by the manager and other people. There are different types of
features which describe below in order to manage the business activity -
 Provide the best meeting services
 provide webinar feature that helps to access for up to 100 interactive participants.
 Provide Zoom rooms services include remote participants, one click meeting start
feature.
 Zoom connector features helps to connect their device on one click so firm can easily
communicate.
Discuss skills required to conduct research online and the challenges being faced.
Online research is effective as it collects the bulk of information that helps to business
that they implement this information in the business to achieve the objectives (Anandakumar,
Arulmurugan and Onn, 2019). Thus, to conduct the online research their are specific skills
which required such as -
 High knowledge about technology (Walton, Moore and Jones, 2019).
 Time management skills
 High smart searching power
 Knowledge of using proper keywords
 Technical Skills
 Quality Maintenance skills
 Critical thinking skills
 Analytical Skills

 Graphical representation skills
Challenges
There are few challenges researcher face while they conduct the online research.
Various challenges are as follows -
Wrong information obtain from wrong sites
There are various wrong site available in the internet (Hung, Chen and Su, 2019). A
researcher cannot find the differentiate between wrong and right sites which lead researcher to go
to wrong site and obtain wrong and irrelevant information about the research topic this make
research irrelevant.
Challenge relate to choosing the right topic
There are various topic which is difficult and complex (Devlieghere and Roose, 2019).
Researcher does not know how to search particular topics from the internet which lead them to
do waste a lot of time and efforts in searching correct word for the conduction of research.
Challenges is Questions Are Confusing or Misleading
There are various question structure which make the meaning of question confusing or
misleading for the researcher. This make researcher to do searching with wrong words or
confusing words. This make researcher to waste time ad efforts. Also researcher can not ind
proper answer which creates problems in given answer to the question (Becerril-Velasco 2019).
Challenges is lack of technological skills
Some researcher does not possess proper research, technological and technical skills of
conducting research which lead them not to surfing internet related to the particular research
topic on which online researcher wants to do research. THUS, lack of technological, research,
technical skills are one of the common and popular challenges faced by the researcher.
CONCLUSION
Hereby, it can be concluded that information and communication technology refers to the
type of technology which are being used by various organizations for the purpose of effectively
communication and exchange of information by the particular devices. Thus, present report was
based on to impact of cloud computing on business in providing their service in current business
environment.

Furthermore, report has covered various things as description on web confessing, Lastly,
discrimination has been carried out different online and digital skills that helps to required
managing and analyses online research

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