資源描述:
《chapter x computer-aided learning and use of the internet》由會員上傳分享,免費在線閱讀,更多相關內容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、CHAPTERXCOMPUTER-AIDEDLEARNINGANDUSEOFTHEINTERNETMarkHuckvaleUniversityCollegeLondon,UnitedKingdomChrisBowermanUniversityofSunderland,UnitedKingdomAndersErikssonUme?University,SwedenMikeRosnerUniversityofMalta,MaltaMarkTathamUniversityofEssex,UnitedKingdomMariaWoltersUni
2、versityofBonn,GermanyComputer-AidedLearningandUseoftheInternet1Introduction1.1AimsoftheWorkingGroupTheworkinggroupinComputer-AidedLearningandUseoftheInternetaims:qtobringtogetherinformationaboutresourcesandtoolsforcomputer-aidedlearning(CAL)inthefieldqtopromotetheuseofth
3、eInternettodisseminateinformationandteachingmaterialsqtomakesuggestionsofareasofresourcedevelopmenttopotentialauthorsqtoencouragethegenerationofacomprehensivesetofhighqualityresourcesqtocreateaninfrastructureforthemanagementofresources.1.2FirstandsecondyearactivitiesOurm
4、ainactivitiesinthefirstyearwereconcernedwithareviewofcurrentpractice.Wefirstrequestedanexpressionofinterestintheareathroughamessagesentonanumberofelectronicmailinglists.Wehadover70responsesfromindividualsinterestedincontributingtooursurveyofcomputer-basedmethods,orintere
5、stedinhearingabouttheoutcomeofoursurvey[URL1].WesetupaWeb-baseddatabaseofteachingresources,towhichindividualscouldcontributethroughaformsinterfaceaccessiblebyWebbrowser.ThecontentsofthedatabaseareregularlyconvertedtoHTMLsothatitmaybeviewedfromanywhereontheInternet[URL2].
6、Wemadethedecisiontofocusonresourcesexplicitlydesignedforeducationalpurposes,andonmaterialsthatwereaccessibledirectlyovertheInternet.Inourreportsonourfirstyearactivities(Huckvaleetal,1997a,1997b)wereviewedthecurrentuseoftheInternetfortheprovisionofteachingmaterialsinSpeec
7、hCommunicationSciences.Weconcludedthat:(i)therewasaneedforcomputer-basedteachingmaterialsinthefield,(ii)thattheInternetwasanexcitingmediumforthedevelopmentanddeliveryofsuchmaterials,and(iii)thatteachingmaterialsofdefinedfocusandlimitedrange-whichwecalled'tutorials'-provi
8、dedthebestcompromiseintermsofflexibilityandeffectiveness.Inthesecondyearwefurtherdevelopedtheconceptoft