
It was found in this study that the school and the parents over-stressed academic achievement, with both teachers and students being required to spend most of their time on academic related matters, and as such the results were that teacher-student communication was found to be rare in the two school environments. Teachers who used ICQ to communicate with students were also interviewed (n=4). An ethnographic approach was used where the interviews were conducted with key informants, face to face (n=11) and then through ICQ (n=4).

This study showed that ICQ (a most popular CMC tool) could be used to enhance teacher-student relationships in these cases.

This research investigated the use of computer mediated communication (CMC) tools to enhance teacher-student relationships in two secondary schools in Hong Kong.
