Adding Interactivity to Web Based Distance Learning.

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Title: Adding Interactivity to Web Based Distance Learning.
Language: English
Authors: Cafolla, Ralph, Knee, Richard
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 1999
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Information Technology, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Programming Languages, World Wide Web
Abstract: Web Based Distance Learning (WBDL) is a form of distance learning based on providing instruction mainly on the World Wide Web. This paradigm has limitations, especially the lack of interactivity inherent in the Web. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the technologies the authors have used in their courses at Florida Atlantic University to overcome this lack of interactivity on the Web. The paper describes how technologies including Java/JavaScript, ActiveX/VBScript, a Web-based bulletin board, and Web Chat can make WBDL courses more interactive. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/AEF)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: ED432225
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Web Based Distance Learning (WBDL) is a form of distance learning based on providing instruction mainly on the World Wide Web. This paradigm has limitations, especially the lack of interactivity inherent in the Web. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the technologies the authors have used in their courses at Florida Atlantic University to overcome this lack of interactivity on the Web. The paper describes how technologies including Java/JavaScript, ActiveX/VBScript, a Web-based bulletin board, and Web Chat can make WBDL courses more interactive. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/AEF)