WWW and Distance Computer-Mediated Education

Ana Goldenberg
Supervisor: Rob Procter

September 1995

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Studying Groups without Groupware
  • Studying Groups with Groupware
  • Computer-Mediated Communication Systems
  • Removing Rigidity from Groupware
  • Participatory Design
  • Methodology
  • CSCL - Computer Supported Cooperative Learning
  • Internet/WWW/Usenet
• Distance Learning - Background
  • Audioconferencing
  • Audiographic Systems
  • Computer Conferencing Systems
  • Computer-Supported collaborative learning
• CSCL - Virtual Classroom
  • Background
    • Modes of Delivery
    • Findings in Case studies
  • MOO and MUDS
• World Wide Web and Distance Learning
  • Educational attractive WWW features
  • WWW and Interactive Teaching Environments
    • WWW access from within the MUD
    • Using the MUD as a HTTP server
  • Using WWW to extend the Capabilities of MUDs
• Future Work
  • World Wide Web and Its role in Distance Learning
  • Directions
  • Participants-Who should we target and why ?
    • Information access
    • Duration of the course
    • Internet/WWW access
    • Choice
  • A Survey - WWW use in Education
    • GNA-Globewide Network Academy
    • Diversity University
    • Cornell Theory Center
    • EPcc-Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
    • ICBL-Institute for Computer-Based Learning
  • EPcc
    • EPcc - Training Programmes
    • EPIC - Overview
    • Enhancements on EPIC
  • Inter-Disciplinary Nature
    • Observation Interpretation - Evaluation
    • General Issues for Distance Education across the WWW/Internet
    • Some Factors which Influence Distance Learning Success in General and its relation to the WWW
    • Distance Education Issues given our Style of Education Choice
  • Research Goals - Summary
  • Working Plan
• References
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