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Applying Peer-to-Peer Technology to the Building of Distributed Educational Systems
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Leighton, Greg; Muldner, Tomasz – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2005
Existing educational systems built for cooperative and collaborative activities are most often based on the client/server paradigm of distributed computing. This article shows that a new model for distributed computing, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), provides new opportunities for building distributed educational applications. It begins by reviewing general…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Classrooms, Computer System Design, Computer Software