International Perspectives on Tele-Education and Virtual Learning Environments

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

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.