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Download full textOsorio, J.; Rubio-Royo, E.; Ocon, A. – 1999
One of the most promising possibilities of the World Wide Web resides in its potential to support distance education. In 1996, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria developed the "INNOVA Project" in order to promote Web-based training and learning. As a result, the Virtual Classroom Interface (IVA) was created. Several software…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Distance Education
Hampel, Thorsten – 2002
The World Wide Web has developed as the de facto standard for computer based learning. However, as a server-centered approach, it confines readers and learners to passive nonsequential reading. Authoring and Web-publishing systems aim at supporting the authors' design process. Consequently, learners' activities are confined to selecting and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design, Cooperative Education
Khoo, Christopher S. G.; Poo, Danny C. C.; Toh, Teck-Kang; Hong, Glenn – 1999
E-Referencer is an expert intermediary system for searching library online public access catalogs (OPACs) on the World Wide Web. It is implemented as a proxy server that mediates the interaction between the user and Boolean OPACs. It transforms a Boolean OPAC into a retrieval system with many of the search capabilities of Web search engines.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Expert Systems
Peer reviewedRuxton, Graeme D. – Chance, 1996
Addresses the drudgery of entering long datasets at the keyboard before being able to begin each chapter of a book. Suggests that the publishers of statistics books make the datasets available for people to download onto their computers over the World Wide Web. (AIM)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Database Design, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBilal, Dania – Online Information Review, 2002
Reports findings of a three-part research project that examined the information seeking behavior and success of 22 seventh-grade science students in using the Web. Discusses problems encountered, including inadequate knowledge of how to use the search engine and poor level of research skills; and considers implications for Web training and system…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Grade 7, Information Seeking
Buchanan, Larry – MultiMedia Schools, 1998
Describes issues related to machine compatibility, download time, and storage space to consider when creating a downloadable library. Highlights include file storage on Web servers; compressing PC files; compressing and binhexing Macintosh files; setting up the library; and summer "standards institutes." (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedChen, Gwo-Dong; Liu, Chen-Chung; Ou, Kuo-Liang; Lin, Ming-Song – Innovations in Education and Training International, 2001
Describes how to design a Web portfolio system that teachers can use in learning assessment. Evaluation of the Web portfolio system by students indicates that the applied technologies help students control their learning processes through developing portfolios. Students also believe Web portfolios serve as an effective communication channel and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education
Rosen, Jeff; Castro, Gina M. – Computers in Libraries, 2002
Describes a Web-based information literacy tutorial, OASIS (Online Advancement of Student Information Skills), developed at San Francisco State University. Discussion includes: core competencies identified; design structure and content; planning and marketing; problems and partnerships in the pilot year of OASIS; restructuring the OASIS tutorial;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Stubbs, Keith M. – 1996
This document defines the specific standards and general guidelines which the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will use to make information available on the World Wide Web (WWW). The purpose of providing such guidance is to ensure high quality and consistent content, organization, and presentation of information on ED WWW servers, in order to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer System Design, Disabilities
Adams, Michael; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the planning and implementation of a school-wide home page at California Lutheran University (CLU) (Thousand Oaks, California). A working team created a balanced web site which represents all areas of the CLU community. The Internet Task Force implemented general computing policies, standardized University home page design,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design
Maurer, Hermann, Ed.; Olson, Richard G., Ed. – 1998
This proceeding of the third WebNet conference--WebNet 98--addresses research, new developments, and experiences related to the Internet, intranets, and extranets. The 265 contributions of WebNet 98 presented in this volume consist of the full and short papers accepted for presentation at the conference from a collection of more than 600 submitted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
Clyde, Stephen W.; Hirschi, Gregory W. – 1998
Viewing high-resolution images on the World Wide Web at a level of detail necessary for collaborative research is still a problem today, given the Internet's current bandwidth limitations and its ever increasing network traffic. ImageEyes is an interactive display tool being developed at Utah State University that addresses this problem by…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
Ndinga, S. S.; Clayton, P. – 1998
New information technology is rapidly becoming part of the localized education process, while offering the tools and the infrastructure for the establishment of a distance education process. At Rhodes University (South Africa), an Interactive Remote Tutorial System (IRTS) was built to support distance education. IRTS will be used as an…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
Pimentel, Maria da Graca Campos; dos Santos, Joao Benedito, Jr.; de Mattos Fortes, Renata Pontin – 1998
This paper presents aspects of modeling, authoring, and presenting structured documents corresponding to teaching material presented in the World Wide Web. In this context, the importance of providing the formalization of the structure of the documents using Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is discussed. Next, specifications for…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Tu, Jho-Ju; Babione, Carolyn; Chen, Hsin-Chu – 1998
The Teachers College at Emporia State University in Kansas is now utilizing World Wide Web technology for automating the application procedure for student teaching. The general concepts and some of the key terms that are important for understanding the process involved in this project include: a client-server model, HyperText Markup Language,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Design Requirements
