Authors:
Ana Hadiana
;
Tao Zhang
;
Vuthichai Ampornaramveth
and
Haruki Ueno
Affiliation:
National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Keyword(s):
Internet, Whiteboard, Distance Learning, Java, Collaboration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
Game-Based and Simulation-Based Learning
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Software Tools for e-Learning
;
Web-Based Education
;
Web-Based Teaching and Learning Technologies
Abstract:
With the development of information technology, the implementation of distance learning has been
remarkably improved. The learning activity therefore becomes easier with higher quality via better
performance network. In this paper we introduce a concept of Online Whiteboard to support collaborative
activity in Web-Based E-Learning System. The Online Whiteboard is a common workplace for sharing
notes, images, drawings and chat over the internet/intranet, to support an effective learning of students in
distance learning. With this whiteboard a teacher not only can explain learning materials remotely and
synchronously to students who are enrolled in a course, as if in the conventional classroom, but also can
make communication with students asynchronously. Further, the proposed tool also has many advantages
for developing knowledge-based collaboration learning system.