• DocumentCode
    2009083
  • Title

    Edu-Smile: a context-aware service for synchronous support in Web-based educational systems

  • Author

    Kapsalis, Vassilis ; Fidas, Christos ; Tranoris, Christos ; Stoica, Adrian

  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    5-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    378
  • Lastpage
    382
  • Abstract
    In this paper a context-aware service for synchronous support in Web-based educational systems is proposed. The main purpose of the service is to support Web-based learning scenarios by allowing synchronous communication and interaction among the tutors and the students, thus increasing the communication channels among them. Furthermore, the service provides a variety of tools that allows the tutors to provide real-time support to the students, discover usability and navigability problems and monitor their actions while they interact with the Web-based educational environment.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer aided instruction; Edu-Smile; Web-based educational environment; Web-based educational systems; Web-based learning; communication channels; context-aware service; real-time support; synchronous communication; synchronous support; tutor-student interaction; Buildings; Collaboration; Communication channels; Context; Context-aware services; Education; Electronic learning; Learning systems; Monitoring; Usability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2338-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2005.129
  • Filename
    1508705