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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
"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
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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