Synchronous collaboration in distance education: A case study on a computer science course

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 500-504

  Xenos, Michails ^a,c   Avouris, Nikolaos ^b   Komis, Vassilis ^b   Stavrinoudis, Dimitris ^a   Margaritis, Meletis ^b  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c RA CTI ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE COURSE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PEER-TO-PEER INTERACTION; SYNCHRONOUS COLLABORATION;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; FLOWCHARTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 13244258543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2004.1357465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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