What do Collaborative Systems Provide?
Overall Management of a lecture viewed as part of a learning environment built around a Web Resource
Audio/Video Conferencing (Can use Access Grid or lower end desktop resources -- need ~$300 PC VTC Card in TangoInteractive implementation)
Chat Rooms and electronic mail for synchronous and asynchronous messages
Shared Web Pages which can come from a database
Whiteboard for communicating visual material
Shared Java applets which can be embedded in web pages to allow interactive lesson components
API to interface specialized resources -- Planning Tools, GIS Systems, CAD, Visualization .. -- not necessary for training?