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Citation
(2001), "International Perspectives on Tele-Education and Virtual Learning Environments", Education + Training, Vol. 43 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2001.00443cad.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
International Perspectives on Tele-Education and Virtual Learning Environments
International Perspectives on Tele-Education and Virtual Learning Environments
Graham Orange and Dave Hobbs (Eds)Ashgate2000£35ISBN: 0754612023
Keywords: Internet, Information technology
Highlights the range of issues and challenges presented by the constant evolution of teaching, learning and assessment methods. Addresses the challenges through the use of information and communication technologies and looks at how these may be deployed in future. Presents visions of a virtual laboratory for remote electronic-engineering education and a virtual secondary-school classroom on the Net. Demonstrates how soft-systems methods can be used to structure the issues associated with distance learning. Explores collaborative virtual environments for problem-based learning and the use of computer-mediated communication in distance education. Investigates how to support flexible learning over the Net.