ON-LINE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM

Sergio Ramírez, Hugo Rosales, Oswaldo Trelles

2007

Abstract

In this work we report a software platform for synchronous distance learning, which makes the presence of teachers in the student’s house possible, deploying the same class, in the same time, with the same mates, through the internet. Thus the working scenery is a normal student room, in which some students are present and some others are virtual students with interactive presence that allows to participate, be interrogated by the professor, and maintaining a fluid communication with partners. Several important technical aspects has been solved using public domain components: web-browsers, blackboards, on-line messaging –chats, forums-, and real time sound delivery. All these components have been integrated in a user friendly environment with record of use, and interface customisation for different age-levels. The participation of learners, psychologist, computer-science technicians and teachers has allowed a very simple but powerful way to integrate our children in the educational circuit.

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in Harvard Style

Ramírez S., Rosales H. and Trelles O. (2007). ON-LINE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-79-5, pages 500-505. DOI: 10.5220/0001274005000505


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist07,
author={Sergio Ramírez and Hugo Rosales and Oswaldo Trelles},
title={ON-LINE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,},
year={2007},
pages={500-505},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001274005000505},
isbn={978-972-8865-79-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,
TI - ON-LINE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM
SN - 978-972-8865-79-5
AU - Ramírez S.
AU - Rosales H.
AU - Trelles O.
PY - 2007
SP - 500
EP - 505
DO - 10.5220/0001274005000505