World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia & World Conference on Educational Telecommunications, 1996
Jun 17, 1996
Editors
Patricia Carlson; Fillia Makedon
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 157
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Authoring an Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM on French Civilization
This interactive multimedia courseware program on French civilization incorporates seventy segments of documentary video entitled Un Mois en France that I wrote, directed, narrated and edited. The ... More
p. 750
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Telematics for Education: the Design of a Distributed Computer-Based Collaborative Learning System.
This paper describes a project for the creation of a distributed system integrating computer-based learning material, network services and communication facilities within an environment provided by... More
pp. 751-756
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Implementation Aspects of Information Technology at a Campus University
The telelearning project of the University of Twente, the Netherlands, will enable all sorts of new tele-educational options for large groups of students. Teachers, students and learning materials ... More
pp. 757-760
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International Collaboration Using Digital Media
This paper introduces the experience of a multicampus university, (the University of Ulster), in the delivery of distance education over a period of six years. The University's digital educational ... More
pp. 761-767
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Distance Learning System for Telekom Slovenije
Distance learning (DL) is very important for employee training, especially where spatial and temporal barriers are present. Telekom Slovenije, the major Slovenian telecommunication network operator... More
pp. 768-774
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Strategy for Setting up a Multimedia Resource Centre for Hungarian Universities
Five Hungarian Universities with a wide variety of teaching and research profile decided to set up joint multimedia development facilities to enable the staff members to develop interactive... More
pp. 775-780
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How to Measure the Behavioural and Cognitive Complexity of Learning Processes in Man-Machine Systems
A framework to conceptualize measure of behaviour complexity (BC), system complex- ity (SC) and task complexity (TC) was developed. From this framework cognitive complexity (CC) is derived as CC = ... More
pp. 781-789
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Design and Operational Assistance of a Pedagogical Virtual Space
Tele-learning is really efficient but it may induce isolation. Teleconferencing is a powerful tool in a tele-learning environment to support collaborative work. But it poses some conditions such as... More
pp. 790-795
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Revising An Environmental Information Database Using Interactive Multimedia Technology
Publishing professionals and scientists at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site combined efforts to create a multimedia database summarizing more than 40 years of ecological research on... More
pp. 796-801
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First Amendment Rights and the Internet in K-12 Schools: Legal Precedent from Print Media
U.S. Supreme Court rulings on first amendment rights in schools provide precedent for the extent to which schools may control student usage of the Internet. The first amendment rights of students... More
pp. 802-808
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Presenting HyTime Documents with HTML
Due to the wide-spread use of the WWW, many institutions are using HTML to encode their documents for hypertext presentation. However, HTML is not always suitable for long-term document storage.... More
pp. 809-814
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Education via Hyperobjects on the Web
IPERLER [1] is an integrated system that combines a World Wide Web Browser, a 3D Viewer and a synchronous Collaborative tool. The system aims to support the navigation between these "working areas"... More
pp. 815-820
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New Tools of the Trade: Using Multimedia in the History Classroom
History teachers have a new set of digital tools available for the "general diffusion of knowledge" in the classroom These include (1) the portable computer, (2) multimedia tools, (3) presentation ... More
pp. 821-824
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World-Wide Intelligent Textbooks
New WWW technologies allow for integrating distance education power of WWW with interactivity and intelligence. Integrating on-line presentation of learning materials with the interactivity of... More
pp. 825-831
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A Computer-Based Student Welfare Information Support and Help System
Providing couselling and general welfare information to students is very important in higher education. The computer-based Welfare Information Support & Help System (WISH) is a layered multimedia... More
pp. 832-839
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The Role of Electronic Communication in Supporting Beginning Teachers
The largest post graduate initial teacher education course was introduced by the Open University in the UK in February 1994. The course is innovative in a number of ways: it is the first large... More
pp. 840-846
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Incorporating Asynchronous Collaborative Learning into an AS Engineering Degree Program for Home-Based Learners: Challenges, Str
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)'s Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and faculty at NOVA's Annandale campus are developing distance education engineering, mathematics, chemistry and... More
pp. 847-852
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SWAN: A Student-Controllable Data Structure Visualization System
Swan is a data structure visualization system. Its main purpose is to allow the user to visualize the data structures and the basic execution process of a C/C++ program. Swan views a data structure... More
pp. 853-858
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Creating Educational Guided Paths over the World-Wide Web
The extensive and encyclopedic materials found on the World-Wide Web must be tailored and contextualized to support the instructional goals of education. We have applied the concept of a guided... More
pp. 859-864
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Analysis of Hypermedia Browsing Processes in Order to Reduce Disorientation
Difficulties with orientation are common in hyperdocuments. This paper describes an exploratory study to research the role of a navigation map, as help tool, during browsing processes. We try to... More
pp. 865-869