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** Invited as a paper from E-Learn 2003 ** It is our experience that many Web-based training (WBT) systems do not consider the latest advances in teaching or learning paradigms – they simply reflect Web technology. We believe that such a...

Dinopolis is at the moment the most universal and extendable application frame- work available. It is fully written in Java and fully compliant to today's application standards like Corba, RMI, DOM and XML. As a middleware system it provides...

In this paper we show that a good WBT platform has to provide structured courseware as well as good online and offline discussion features. Nevertheless it is not possible to fully integrate special online conferencing tools although they must be...

The presented paper clarifies the current situation at the field of the authoring and maintaining of educational applications on the Web. The paper lists well-known problems concerning the design of educational applications in general, as well as...

We present a new web-based learning software that uses three basic psychological effects: incidental learning, increased motivation and technique we call the "Tamagotchi-Effect". This software is called "VR-Friends" and represent a kind of...

It has often been claimed that networks like the WWW must not be seen just as huge distributed information systems, but rather also as systems that allow transactions, cooperation and communication. In this paper we discuss the technical features...

One of the main difficulties in the area of web based training systems are expensiveness and great efforts that have to be invested in production of good courseware modules. While the problem of creating new pages cannot be solved easily, costs...

In this paper we will argue that mankind is just about to take one more big developmental step due to continued progress in information and communication technology. Current and further developments are making huge bodies of knowledge available to ...

Situation Learning (SL) is a new hypermedia knowledge module for on- and off-line use. The presented solution offers a new approach to knowledge module presentation that is different from the majority of presently used approaches. The interactive ...

At first sight, "TRIANGLE" appears to be just another piece of learning software but it is much more than this, it is an experimental test-bed for examining motivational factors in computer based training. Such a multi-media application derives its...

In this paper we look at learner-formulated questions in technology-supported learning applications. Traditionally, technology-supported learning applications request input from the learner. The learner's response is used to assess the knowledge of...

In this paper, we analyse a so-called access to Best-Match learning resources in a WBT environment. We overview existing solutions and propose a new technical solution which extends the topic map functionality with a number of important features....

This talk consists of three parts: First, I start with a brief review of the history of multimedia in education as we have experienced it since the first ED-MEDIA I will argue that the progress in handling media has helped, but that the major...

In order to take a part in a particular Web-based training session learners need to work with a number of tools reflecting a particular training strategy. By operating these tools learners access different training objects contained in that training ...

There is considerable evidence that children and adults are, more than ever before, multitasking within learning environments (both academic and corporate). Although, in some situations this can be beneficial, there is also considerable evidence...

Computers are going to continue to evolve at very high speed. The omnipresent computer that acts very much as extension of the human brain is less than ten years away. This will clearly influence society, and particularly education. How much and...

It is our experience that many Web-based training (WBT) systems do not take into account the latest advancements in teaching or learning paradigms – they simply reflect Web technology. We believe that such a technical approach to building WBT...

As a pre-study for AdeLE (Adaptive e-Learning with Eye Tracking), a research project with the aim to develop and implement a solution framework for personalized adaptive e-learning based on real-time user behaviour, this paper examines the learner...

In this paper we investigate whether it is possible to use visual instructions/communication instead of verbal rules to help children learn some classic activities. We are not intending to prove that the visual alternatives we propose are "better"...

The 5 letters AEIOU are found over the entrance of Austria's most famous gothic cathedral, St.Stephan's in Vienna. Nobody really knows what they stood for. Some say they stood for "Austria Erit In Orbe Ultima" (Latin) meaning something like "Austria ...