Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April8 98

Foil 3 NPAC Education Technology Activities

From Distance Education activities at NPAC Visit of Team from CIANET Sao Paulo Brasil -- April 7-8. by Geoffrey C. Fox


WebWisdom "Object Web" Support for synchronous and asynchronous learning including
  • 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
TangoInteractive -- leading web-based synchronous collaboration system with a set of education tools
  • 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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