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Background information: Web tools summary



This page is intended to give participants an overview of some of the tools available for on-line teaching and learning. Links are provided to a selection of relevant sites with tutorials and discussion papers. It is by no means a complete list.

TopClass

http://www.wbtsystems.com/

TopClass is a management tool for web-based education and training. Features include course development and delivery, communication, assessment and reporting.

Relevant links

A survey of people who are using tools for building web-based classrooms. http://webclass.cqu.edu.au/Tools/Comparisons/Survey/

Tools for developing interactive academic web courses, includes: examples; tools; evaluation; etc. http://www.umanitoba.ca/ip/tools/courseware/

WebCT

http://www.webct.com/

WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of sophisticated WWW-based educational environments. Features include course development and delivery, communication, assessment and reporting.

Relevant links

A survey of people who are using tools for building web-based classrooms. http://webclass.cqu.edu.au/Tools/Comparisons/Survey/

Tools for developing interactive academic web courses, includes: examples; tools; evaluation; etc. http://www.umanitoba.ca/ip/tools/courseware/

WebTeach

http://www.pdc.unsw.edu.au/webteachdemo/welcome.html

WebTeach is a web-based communication package that caters for discussion, brainstorming, class quizzes and task setting.

Relevant links

'Templates for online teaching' (pdf) http://cedir.uow.edu.au/ASCILITE98/asc98-pdf/hewsonhughes.pdf

'WebTeach: interactive web-based teaching' http://130.216.60.144/herdsa98/HTML/EquiPol/HewHug.HTM

LearningSpace

http://www.lotus.com/

LearningSpace facilitates the creation of a distributed learning environment. Features include course development and delivery, communication, assessment and reporting.

Relevant links

Edutech 1997: 'Collaborative, interactive, and distributed learning' http://www.corporatesystems.com.au/html/edutech97.html

ANZAM 1997: 'The Development and Application of a Technologically-based Management Development Needs Assessment Instrument using a Competency Framework' http://www.corporatesystems.com.au/html/anzam.html

EdTech 98: 'LearningSpace for on-demand distance education: A demonstration with curriculum questions attached'. http://www.corporatesystems.com.au/html/edtech98.html

ASCILITE98 Pre-Conference Workshop: 'LearningSpace 2.6 and LearningSpace Live' http://cedir.uow.edu.au/ASCILITE98/workshops/jamesmoulder.html

Tools for developing interactive academic web courses, includes: examples; tools; evaluation; etc. http://www.umanitoba.ca/ip/tools/courseware/

WebMentor

http://www.avilar.com/

WebMentor is a development, delivery and management tool.

Web Course in a Box (WCB)

http://www.madduck.com/

Web Course in a Box (WCB) is a course management system that allows instructors to easily develop and deliver instructional materials via the web.

Convene Learning internet Platform (CLiP)

http://www.convene.com/

Features include on-line course registration, interactive on-line testing, audio and video conferencing, student lounge and real-time chat.

FirstClass Collaborative Classroom

http://www.education.softarc.com/

FirstClass Collaborative Classroom is a package that includes email, electronic communication and collaboration products.

Relevant links

FirstClass client tutorial http://www.srl.rmit.edu.au/pd/fc/index.html

FirstClass basics http://www.chepd.mq.edu.au/boomerang/FCBasic/index.html

What is FirstClass? http://fcintra.its.deakin.edu.au/WhatisFC.html

Dazzler and Question Mark

http://www.qmark.com.au/

QMark Systems supply authoring software for the creation of multimedia presentations and the delivery and analysis of tests, quizzes, assessment and surveys. Products include Dazzler and Question Mark.

Relevant links

Question Mark, UK http://www.qmark.com/home.html

Dazzler tutorial, reviews, etc. http://www.dazzlersoft.com/visitors_index.htm

'Now is the time to computerize pen and paper tests' http://www.qmark.com/company/1998paper.html

Classroom, CourseInfo and Campus

http://www.blackboard.net/

Blackboard offers a variety of solutions depending on your needs through their packages Classroom, CourseInfo and Campus.

WebMCQ

http://www.WebMCQ.com.au/

WebMCQ is a service that provides an easy way to create and publish quizzes or surveys on the web.

Relevant links

'Using WebMCQ' http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/ctl/Synergy/Synergy9/jdalziel.htm

'Assisting student learning using web-based assessment: An overview of the WebMCQ system and analysis of student test performance following provision of formative assessment using WebMCQ' http://cedir.uow.edu.au/ASCILITE98/abp_03a.html

WebTest

http://fpg.uwaterloo.ca/WEBTEST/

WebTest can be used to create an interactive testing, tutorial or survey environment.

InterBook

http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~plb/InterBook.html

InterBook is an adaptive tutoring system that simplifies the development of adaptive electronic textbooks on the web.

Relevant links

'Adaptive textbooks on the World Wide Web' http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/proceedings/eklund/paper.html

'A pedagogical basis for adaptive WWW textbooks' http://webfuse.cqu.edu.au/Information/Resources/Readings/html_papers/pascoe/index.html

'Web-based education for all: a tool for development adaptive courseware' http://www7.scu.edu.au/programme/fullpapers/1893/com1893.htm

' Individualising Interaction in Web-based Instructional Systems in Higher Education' http://www.uow.edu.au/auc/Conf98/papers/eklund.html

General Relevant links

Comparing software for online teaching. http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/asu/edtech/webtools/compare.html

'Web-based Instructional Tools' http://www.syllabus.com/sep98_magfea2.html

'A centralised approach to the adoption of a university-wide Web-based learning tool' http://cedir.uow.edu.au/ASCILITE98/ascpapers98.html

Web-based instruction tools http://www.cfl.mq.edu.au/cfl/resource/reswbi.html

Tools for developing interactive academic web courses, includes: examples; tools; evaluation; etc. http://www.umanitoba.ca/ip/tools/courseware/

Online educational delivery applications: a web tool for comparative analysis http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline/

'Choosing Web Conferencing Software' http://thinkofit.com/webconf/wcchoice.htm

Integrated Application Suite Servers http://edt.elec.uow.edu.au/sdf96-project/techinfo.html


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