The effects of synchronized presentation model: new type of web based learning system

This paper presents two models for a web-based learning system we have named the patterned frame model (PFM), and the synchronized presentation model (SPM). The two models are compared. It is concluded that SPM is characterized by its capacity to simulate real classroom education by digitalizing the blackboard, an element of classroom experience that has been familiar from as far back as elementary school education. But in reality, most Web contents used for distance learning fit the PFM. It cannot be denied that, in the final analysis there remains an educational trade-off between the advantages of PFM and those of SPM.