Across Continents: Using Web Based Collaboration Tools for Learning

Author

Andone, Diana ; Frydenberg, Mark

Author_Institution

Center for Distance Educ., Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 July 2011

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Web-based tools are now widely used by both companies and individuals for communication and collaboration. This paper shares the results of a project in which first-year introductory technology students from Bentley University in the United States and fourth-year multimedia students from "Politehnica" University of Timisoara in Romania worked together to evaluate two similar online collaboration tools. The instructors created a learning environment for students to meet, socialize, exchange information, develop, and publish their results online.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; groupware; Bentley University; Politehnica University of Timisoara; Romania; United States; Web 2.0; Web based collaboration tools; information exchange; learning 2.0; learning environment; online collaboration tools; Blogs; Collaboration; Education; Google; Information services; Internet; Multimedia communication; Online collaboration; digital students; learning 2.0; web 2.0;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens, GA

ISSN

2161-3761

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-209-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-3761

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2011.35

Filename

5992242