Title :
A multimedia distance learning system on the Internet
Author :
Tsang, H.W. ; Hung, L.M. ; Ng, S.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Math., Hong Kong Inst. of Vocational Educ., Hong Kong
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The recent emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) and Internet has changed the study life of many people. Online learning through the WWW will become popular in the next decade. In this paper, we introduce a multimedia distance learning tool which enables online education through the Internet. Learn@Net is a server-based distance learning system which is designed to provide centralized, flexible control and easy administration of online distance learning applications. It relies on an open architecture based on TCP/IP, HTML, Java and SQL. Its functions include a virtual classroom, an assignment handler, a course material browser, a discussion forum and an online chat room, so as to facilitate both online teaching and online learning through the WWW
Keywords :
Internet; distance learning; educational technology; information resources; multimedia systems; HTML; Internet; Java; Learn@Net; SQL; TCP/IP; World Wide Web; administration; assignment handler; centralized flexible control; course material browser; discussion forum; multimedia distance learning system; online chat room; online education; online learning; online teaching; open architecture; server-based distance learning system; virtual classroom; Centralized control; Computer aided instruction; Control systems; HTML; Internet; Java; Multimedia systems; TCPIP; Web sites; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.825265
