The Virtual Campus

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Keynote Presentations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. New Wine and Old Bottles? Tele-Learning, Telematics and the University of Twente

      • B. Collis

      Pages 3-17

   3. Virtual Learning Centers for XXIst Century Organizations

      • G. Paquette

      Pages 18-34

   4. New Research Avenues on Multimedia based learning in the EU

      • L. Rodríguez-Roselló

      Pages 35-38

   5. Learning at a virtual campus: Deakin University’s experiences as a dual mode university

      • E. A. Stacey

      Pages 39-49

   6. The University for Industry Pilot Project

      • M. Thorne, H. Milner

      Pages 50-57

3. Global Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Introduction to the Global Approaches

      • E. A. Stacey

      Pages 61-62

   3. A Web-Based Learning Environment: Applying Constructivist Teaching Concepts in Virtual Learning Environments

      • N. Henze, W. Nejdl

      Pages 63-77

   4. An experience in UNED on building up a Virtual Campus

      • C. M. Pérez-Molina, J. A. Rodríguez, C. de Mora, J. Carpio, M. Castro, J. Peire

      Pages 78-88

4. Evaluation Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. The impact of the Internet on academic research practices

      • C. Dowling

      Pages 91-101

   3. Comparison of students’ thinking processes when studying with WWW, IMM, and text based materials

      • L. Henderson, I. Putt, D. Ainge, G. Coombs

      Pages 102-114

   4. Collaboration between universities and enterprises in the Knowledge Age

      • R. Lewis, C. Vizcarro

      Pages 115-128

   5. Cultural contextualisation of learning with the World Wide Web

      • M. Wild, L. Henderson

      Pages 129-143

   6. Questions and Discussion

      • J. Wibe

      Pages 144-145

5. Collaborative Learning and Group Activities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. New Approaches for Collaborative Learning and Group Activities

      • A. Paiva

      Pages 149-154

   3. Towards a model of Collaborative Support for Distance Learners to Perform Joint Tasks

      • B. Barros, M. Rodriguez-Artacho, F. Verdejo

      Pages 155-168

The virtual campus: Trends for higher education and trainingwas the theme of the IFIP Working Conference on which this book is based. lt was a joint event of Working Groups 3.3 and 3.6, Research and distance Education respectively, of IFIP Technical Committee 3 for Education. International dissemination and promotion of cooperation are IFIP aims that we particularly wanted to address. This is why we opened the event to non WG members and have established a virtual forum on the WEB that has been widely visited. The programme for the 27 to 29 November 97 in Madrid included invited speakers from leading institutions in the field, reviewed and selected contributions from an open call for papers, on-site demonstrations of !arge European projects and discussion sessions involving distant and present participants. The event attracted experts from 23 countries. About a hundred persons were involved, from all over the world. The spread and accessibility of information and communication technologies are rapidly changing p!"actices in learning and research activities, both in professional and academic settings. The number, variety and scale of experiences reported in recent publications shows a growing international involvement concerning not only small groups of researchers but also institutions fully committed in that direction.

• Collaborative Learning
• E-Learning
• Innovation
• Internet
• Multimedia
• Processing
• Text
• WWW
• Web
• istance education
• learning
• organization

`This is an information-packed volume. The papers are timely and thought provoking and offer excellent lists of references. Overall, the book provides a perspective on networked learning and is a valuable and up-to-date resource for anyone in the field of distance education. The main topics are of primary concern to today's tele-educator: global approaches, evaluation studies, collaberative activities and web tools. Best of all, the book is international in theme and scope.'
M. Sock McIsaac, Computers & Education, 33:77-82 (1999)

• Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

  Felisa Verdejo

• Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

  Gordon Davies

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