Effective use of WebBoard for distance learning

Author

Wang, Haomin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Educ., Dakota State Univ., Madison, SD, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

326

Abstract

The paper discusses the effective use of WebBoard as an asynchronous communication tool to facilitate class interaction in distance learning. Students´ perceptions of the educational functions of WebBoard were polled and analyzed. Instructors were interviewed on their views of WebBoard management. The discussion examines issues including perceived advantages and barriers in using WebBoard for class interaction in distance learning, board organization and management, instructor´s direction and guidance, types of questions, and students performance evaluation

Keywords

Internet; distance learning; human factors; information resources; teaching; user interfaces; WebBoard; asynchronous communication tool; board organization; class interaction; distance learning; educational functions; instructor direction; perceived advantages; student perceptions; student performance evaluation; Asynchronous communication; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer aided instruction; Delay effects; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Feedback; Internet; Time factors; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1013-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2001.943935

Filename

943935