Title :
A modular system tool for the distance learning
Author :
Veira, A. ; Vieira, Agata ; Balbinot, R.
Author_Institution :
Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The work presented in this paper is related with the development and integration of important communication, and creation, tools that allowed the authors to build a flexible and modular system dedicated to distance learning by computer communication. The distance learning system supports many facilities for publication, storage and dissemination of hypermedia documents integrated with multimedia applications such as interactive videoconferencing, voice-over-IP, video-on-demand as well as chat and whiteboard functionalities. Others important characteristics outlined are the possibility to create and manage course´s sites, to manage classes, to structure dates and deadlines and mainly to synchronize the different kind of media during sessions
Keywords :
computer networks; distance learning; multimedia communication; computer communication; distance learning; document dissemination; document publication; document storage; hypermedia documents; interactive videoconferencing; modular system tool; multimedia applications; video-on-demand; voice-over-IP; whiteboard; Application software; Communication networks; Computer aided instruction; Computer science education; Distance learning; IP networks; Metropolitan area networks; Multimedia systems; Teleconferencing; Video on demand;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and signal Processing, 2001. PACRIM. 2001 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7080-5
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.2001.953680