Web-based learning environments (WBLE): Current implementation and evolving trends

This study focuses on the identification of emerging models and trends in the development of Web-based learning environments (WBLE). The pace of growth of WBLEs, the variability in their quality, and the gap between educators' expectations and actual realization, increase the need to map educat...

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Published in:Journal of network and computer applications 1999-10, Vol.22 (4), p.233-247
Main Authors: Mioduser, David, Nachmias, Rafi, Oren, Avigail, Lahav, Orly
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Miscellaneous
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Teleprocessing networks. Isdn
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Summary:This study focuses on the identification of emerging models and trends in the development of Web-based learning environments (WBLE). The pace of growth of WBLEs, the variability in their quality, and the gap between educators' expectations and actual realization, increase the need to map educational Websites in systematic ways. Aiming to deal with such a mapping, we developed a taxonomy of WBLE's, implemented it for the study of about 500 educational Websites, and elaborated on practical implications of the study's results. The overall picture we have unveiled may sound deceptive, and can be summarized as ‘one step ahead for the technology, two steps back for the pedagogy’. But a more thoughtful consideration of the results suggest directions for the further development of novel Web-based educational models regarding five main areas: curricular issues, collaborative learning, learning communities, visual languages, and distance learning.
ISSN:1084-8045
1095-8592
DOI:10.1006/jnca.1999.0093