• DocumentCode
    3387563
  • Title

    Interactivity and integration in virtual courses

  • Author

    Pahl, Claus

  • Author_Institution
    Dublin City Univ., Ireland
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    395
  • Lastpage
    396
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Madison, WI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1013-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2001.943955
  • Filename
    943955