Title :
A Web-Based Learning Enviroment for Geography
Author :
Theodorakopoulos, Panagiotis ; Polychronidou, Persefoni ; Tsiantos, Vasilios
Author_Institution :
Ind. Inf. Dept., Kavala Inst. of Technol., Kavala, Greece
Abstract :
Web-based teaching is one of the new directions for education. It has the advantage of being an anytime and interactive network, having high capacity and rich content environment, enhancing and facilitated independent learning and teacher-student communication. In this work we propose a Web-based learning environment for geography that provides geographic, political, economic and other important information for every country on the world map.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; educational technology; geographic information systems; geography; independent learning; interactive network; teacher student communication; web based learning enviroment; web based teaching; Computational modeling; Computers; Continents; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Geography; computer assistant learning; geography; web-based learning enviroment;
Conference_Titel :
Informatics (PCI), 2010 14th Panhellenic Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tripoli
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7838-5
DOI :
10.1109/PCI.2010.32