Title :
Concepts for Cooperative Knowledge Spaces in Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Author :
Cikic, Sabine ; Sinha, Uwe ; Jeschke, Sabina
Author_Institution :
Center for Multimedia in Educ. & Res., Technische Univ. Berlin
Abstract :
Cooperative knowledge spaces have a high potential to improve eLTR (eLearning, eTeaching and eResearch) at universities. Since there are few implementations deployed, notably in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering, we propose a concept for field-specific knowledge spaces for those disciplines -"ViCToR"-Spaces (virtual cooperation in teaching and research for mathematics, natural sciences and engineering). ViCToR-Spaces present novel collaborative working environments for knowledge gain and research, supporting well-established forms of scientific and technological cooperation without geographical or technological boundaries. In this article, we describe the requirements for ViCToR-Spaces, the components that are already available, and further developments
Keywords :
educational computing; engineering computing; groupware; mathematics computing; natural sciences computing; teaching; collaborative working environment; cooperative knowledge space; eLearning; eResearch; eTeaching; engineering teaching; field-specific knowledge space; knowledge gain; knowledge research; mathematics teaching; natural science teaching; scientific cooperation; technological cooperation; virtual cooperation; Collaborative work; Education; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Information retrieval; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Mathematics; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Cyberworlds, 2006. CW '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lausanne
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2671-3
