An Instructor-Oriented Framework for Real-time interactive virtual Classroom

Author

Zhao, Xinyo ; Matsumoto, Mitsti

Author_Institution

Global Inf. & Telecommun. Studies, Waseda Univ., Tokyo

Volume

1

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

695

Lastpage

696

Abstract

Virtual classroom based on Internet is a promising tool for distance education. However, it is difficult for the instructor to instantly know the feedback and evaluation to learners in online courses. The paper gives one instructor-oriented virtual classroom system framework, by which the instructor may know each learner´s reflection to his course in real time and instantly adjust his teaching mode to learners. Moreover, in order to improve the freedom of participators, electronic board will be introduced based on PowerPoint file. These may get one good interaction among participators. At last, problem-based teaching technology introduced improves learning efficiency & interests during class

Keywords

computer aided instruction; distance learning; real-time systems; teaching; distance education; instructor-oriented real-time interactive virtual classroom; problem-based teaching; Courseware; Displays; Distance learning; Education; Intelligent agent; Learning systems; Mice; Prototypes; Video sharing; Virtual groups;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd

Conference_Location

Damascus

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9521-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684456

Filename

1684456