back channel
See also: backchannel and back-channel
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]back channel (plural back channels)
- The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island.
- A secondary channel of activity, typically in parallel with primary channels and somewhat independent of them.
- An unofficial communications channel used to make informal or subversive negotiations.
- (computing) A real-time online discussion that occurs simultaneously with a verbal presentation.
- 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1083:
- TodaysMeet visualizes collaborative and parallel conversations in a backchannel through a digital classroom where every student has a voice.
- (linguistics) A gesture or short prompt by which a listener invites a speaker to continue.