Title :
The Web as a learning environment
Author :
Driscoll, Margaret ; Thomson, Ronnie
Author_Institution :
Centra Software Inc., Lexington, MA., USA
Abstract :
This paper explores the economic, technical, and educational issues related to designing SymposiumTM, a Web-based training delivery environment. In response to these demands, SymposiumTM , a virtual classroom environment on the Web, has been created to provide live instructor-led real-time audio, and access to the vast resources of the Web. This form for Web-based training is distinguished by the tools provided to the instructor and the learners, and the educational characteristics of the learning experience
Keywords :
Internet; computer based training; virtual reality; Symposium; Web-based training; Web-based training delivery environment; live instructor-led; virtual classroom environment; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Costs; Educational technology; Employment; Environmental economics; IP networks; Multimedia databases; Power generation economics; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1997. Proceedings., Sixth IEEE Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7967-0
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.1997.630836
