The knowledge web : learning and collaborating on the net / Marc Eisenstadt & Tom Vincent.
By: Eisenstadt, Marc
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Contributor(s): Vincent, Tom.
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BookPublisher: London : Kogan Page, 1998Description: vi, 295 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0749427264; T56849.Subject(s): Open University. Knowledge Media Institute | Internet | Knowledge and learning | Open learning -- Great Britain | Open learning -- Great Britain -- Computer-assisted instructionDDC classification: 374.40285 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 374.40285 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00160837 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Featuring contributions from staff and associates of the Knowledge Media Institute at the UK Open University, this text provides a glimpse into the wide variety of projects undertaken in the development and assessment of distance learning technologies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
Part I: Learning media -- Can you get my hard nose in focus? Universities, mass education and appropriate technology / Sir John Daniel -- The Web: enabler or disabler / Tom Vincent and Peter Whalley -- Collaborative learning in networked simulation environments / Peter Whalley -- Media integration through meta-learning environments / Tamara Sumner and Josie Taylor -- Developing Web-based student support systems: telling student stories on the internet / Peter Scott and Marion Phillips -- Innovations in large-scale supported distance teaching: transformation for the internet, not just translation / Marian Petre ... [et al.] -- Part II: Collaboration and presence -- Promoting learner dialogues on the Web / Matthew Stratfold -- New scenarios in scholarly publishing and debate / Simon Buckingham Shum and Tamara Sumner -- Exploring telepresence on the internet : the KMi Stadium Webcast experience / Peter Scott and Marc Eisenstadt -- KMi Planet : putting the knowledge back into media / John Domingue and Peter Scott -- Sharing programming knowledge over the Web: the Internet Software Visualization Laboratory / John Domingue and Paul Mulholland -- Part III: Knowledge systems on the web -- Accessing artificial intelligence applications over the World Wide Web / Alberto Riva and Marco Ramoni -- Knowledge modelling: an organic technology for the knowledge age / Arthur Stutt and Enrico Motta -- World Wide Web Design Lab: an environment for distributed collaborative design / Zdenek Zdrahal and John Domingue -- Psychological agents and the new Web media / Stuart Watt -- Virtual participant: a tutor's assistant for electronic conferencing / Simon Masterton.
This ground-breaking book looks at innovative educational and training uses of the Web that will enhance all types of learning. The Knowledge Web provides a vital guide to the educational possibilities offered by 'knowledge media'. This term, coined by the editors, encompasses a broad programme of research into new learner-centred technologies including: Internet-enhanced collaboration media, multimedia environments for disabled learners, intelligent agents, organizational memories, digital documents, scientific visualization and simulation tools, informal and formal representations of knowledge - in short, innovative approaches to sharing, accessing and understanding knowledge.