Title :
Edu-Smile: a context-aware service for synchronous support in Web-based educational systems
Author :
Kapsalis, Vassilis ; Fidas, Christos ; Tranoris, Christos ; Stoica, Adrian
Abstract :
In this paper a context-aware service for synchronous support in Web-based educational systems is proposed. The main purpose of the service is to support Web-based learning scenarios by allowing synchronous communication and interaction among the tutors and the students, thus increasing the communication channels among them. Furthermore, the service provides a variety of tools that allows the tutors to provide real-time support to the students, discover usability and navigability problems and monitor their actions while they interact with the Web-based educational environment.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; Edu-Smile; Web-based educational environment; Web-based educational systems; Web-based learning; communication channels; context-aware service; real-time support; synchronous communication; synchronous support; tutor-student interaction; Buildings; Collaboration; Communication channels; Context; Context-aware services; Education; Electronic learning; Learning systems; Monitoring; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2338-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2005.129
