Examples of distance learning projects in the European Community

Author

Castro, Manuel ; López-Rey, Africa ; Pérez-Molina, Clara M. ; Colmenar, Antonio ; De Mora, Carlos ; Yeves, Fernando ; Carpio, José ; Peire, Juan ; Daniel, John S.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., ETSII, Madrid, Spain

Volume

44

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

406

Lastpage

411

Abstract

The innovation brought by the introduction of new technologies in our modern society has also started to appear in education. The biggest efforts come from the institutions involved in distance education, partly due to the characteristics of the educational system they represent. In order to improve the technology development there are a large number of projects being developed inside the European Union. This paper discusses the current situation of distance learning and the technological resources available including e-mail, video conferencing, Internet and the World Wide Web and virtual teaching-learning environment. Some of the European Projects including new technologies in distance learning are also discussed

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; electronic mail; information resources; teleconferencing; European Community; Internet; World Wide Web; distance learning projects; e-mail; education; innovation; video conferencing; virtual teaching-learning environment; Africa; Computer aided instruction; Demography; Distance learning; Education; Educational technology; Information analysis; Problem-solving; Societies; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.965791

Filename

965791