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Peer reviewedGardner, Michael; Ward, Holly – Association for Learning Technology Journal, 1999
Describes the development of a generic learning platform for online distance learning and explains RISE (Real-time Interactive Social Environments), a Web-based system. Reports results of trials at the University of Hull Language Institute in an English as a Foreign Language course that investigated system usability, teacher roles, and student…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedZhu, Erping – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1999
This study examined the effects of the number of links and the granularity of nodes on undergraduate and graduate students' information searching, learning performance, and attitude toward hypermedia systems. Discusses the relationship between the number of links and cognitive overhead an/or disorientation as well as implications for Web-based…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
Download full textRadhakrishnan, Senthil; Bailey, James E. – 1997
This paper addresses issues and cost benefits of World Wide Web-based education systems. It presents the results of an effort to identify problems that arise when considering this media and suggests conceptual solutions to some of these problems. To evaluate these solutions, a prototype system was built and tested in an engineering classroom; the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design
