Virtual Learning Environments [microform] / Farzin Madjidi, H. Woodrow Hughes and Ruth N. Johnson
- Bib ID:
- 5626520
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Madjidi, Farzin
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED429565
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- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 12 p.
- Summary:
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Focusing on online learning opportunities in higher education, this paper reviews the various tools of virtual learning and electronic synchronous and asynchronous communication, discusses their strengths and weaknesses, presents strategies for their best use, and warns against potential pitfalls. Implementation issues, including cost and training requirements, are also discussed. An overview of Internet access and synchronous and asynchronous communication modes is provided. The following virtual learning tools are then described: World Wide Web pages, electronic mail, newsgroups, chat rooms, and videoconferencing. The paper concludes that the main challenge associated with virtual learning environments is to overcome the tendency to replicate traditional classroom practices in the virtual environment and to establish a more learner-centered curriculum. Four figures illustrate the Netscape Internet browser, Eudora Pro electronic mail software, newsgroups at Pepperdine University (California), and virtual meeting rooms. (AEF)
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- ERIC Note: Small print in figures may not reproduce clearly.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Computer Mediated Communication
- Computer Uses in Education
- Curriculum Development
- Distance Education
- Educational Environment
- Educational Technology
- Educational Trends
- Electronic Mail
- Higher Education
- Information Technology
- Internet
- Teleconferencing
- Training
- World Wide Web
- Technology Utilization
- Access to Technology Learner Centered Instruction Newsgroups Video Teleconferencing Virtual Classrooms Web Sites
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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