Integrating World Wide Web technology into undergraduate education

The rapid emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) and its associated tools has provided educators with an opportunity to incorporate this technology into their courses. We need to create interactive multimedia instructional materials that can be delivered, via this high speed network, directly to stud...

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Main Author: Owen, G. Scott
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied computing > Education > Computer-assisted instruction
Information systems > Information retrieval
Information systems > Information storage systems
Information systems > Information systems applications > Multimedia information systems
Social and professional topics > Professional topics > Computing education > Computing education programs > Computer science education
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Summary:The rapid emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) and its associated tools has provided educators with an opportunity to incorporate this technology into their courses. We need to create interactive multimedia instructional materials that can be delivered, via this high speed network, directly to students. We need to give our students the opportunity to create their own WWW documents and to use the resources of the WWW for collaborative learning. In this paper I will discuss how the use of HTML and the WWW can be integrated into undergraduate courses. I will not discuss searching the Web for external material but will focus on the following: how HTML documents can be used for in-class presentation and as the primary or supplementary text in the course; how student assignments and examinations can be submitted as HTML documents; cross-linking material from different courses; using newer WWW technology developments such as VRML, Java, and collaborative software; problems we have had in this process.
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/237466.237550