An augmented approach to support collaborative distance learning of unified modeling language

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2460-2467

  Siau, Keng ^a   Nah, Fiona Fui Hoon ^a   Eschenbrenner, Brenda ^a   Guru, Ashu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance learning; Unified modeling language; Web conferencing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DRAWING TOOLS; ELECTRONIC INK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; MEDIA RICHNESS; NEW DIMENSIONS; OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELING LANGUAGES; OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM; REAL TIME INTERACTIONS; TABLET PCS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; VIRTUAL CLASSROOM; WEB CONFERENCING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DESIGN; DISTANCE EDUCATION; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

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EID: 84870204690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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