Title :
Using a group support system to meet educational objectives
Author :
Choren, Ricardo ; Fuks, Hugo ; De Lucena, Carlos J P
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
The paper presents a WWW-based group support system (GSS) to facilitate the teaching/learning process. The authors also describe their experiences over four successive editions of a pilot course offered using the GSS. They show the methodologies used and draw some results, experiences and impressions from this experience. They further describe planned future research, including discussion of the possibility of using this method to support distance education
Keywords :
distance learning; educational computing; groupware; information resources; teaching; GSS; WWW based group support system; distance education; educational objectives; group support system; pilot course; planned future research; successive editions; teaching/learning proces; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer science; Distance learning; Education; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Internet; Web sites;
Conference_Titel :
Groupware, 2000. CRIWG 2000. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Madeira
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0828-6
DOI :
10.1109/CRIWG.2000.885159
