Title :
Interactivity and integration in virtual courses
Author_Institution :
Dublin City Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
Web based virtual courses focussing on content delivery only, have turned out not to be as successful as expected. We investigate reasons and suggest some remedies, using our own virtual database course for illustration. Interactivity and integration are the two main remedies, which will lead towards improved, learning oriented virtual course environments. We introduce a formalism to support their development and analysis
Keywords :
computer science education; distance learning; educational courses; information resources; interactive systems; teaching; user interfaces; Web based delivery; Web based virtual courses; content delivery; interactive integrated multi-service virtual courses; learning-oriented virtual course environments; virtual database course; Availability; Databases; Educational activities; Educational technology; History; Navigation; Programming; Resumes; Testing; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1013-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943955
