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Foil 16 Education Technology Capabilities

From Overview of Tango applications Tango Tutorial Alliance 98 NCSA Illinois -- April 27 98. by TangoInteractive Team
1 "Object Web" "backend" Learning Resource (as in NPAC WebWisdom)
  • Multimedia (recorded from lectures) Database linked to course material
  • Java viewer for PowerPoint and multimedia data
  • Java Authoring Tool
  • Linked Databases can be Oracle or Lotus Notes with latter's asynchronous collaboration tools
2 Synchronous collaboration tools (such as TangoInteractive) allow participants (students, teachers) to sample and discuss interactively the SAME asynchronous resource used for self based learning -- either as augmentation to lectures or for full asynchronous learning
  • Chat, White Board, Digital Audio Video
  • shared web pages for conventional instruction
  • shared (physics) simulation applets
  • "raise hands applet" to alert teacher
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