WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet
1999
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 561
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Virtual Learning Spaces in the Web: an Agent-Based Architecture of Personalized Collaborative Learning Environment
Gustavo Núñez Esquer & Leonid Sheremetov, National Technical University, Mexico
This article reports on the results and future research work within the paradigm of Configurable Collaborative Distance Learning, which we have named EVA. The article focuses on the description of... More
pp. 337-342
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Telementoring Middle School Girls: Eyes to the Future
Joni Falk & Brain Drayton, TERC, United States
This paper describes the design and initial finding of an innovative mentoring program which connects middle-school (MS) girls of all abilities to female mentors working in math and science... More
pp. 343-347
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The Development of an All-in-one Virtual Campus From Ground Zero
Shanan W. Farmer, Defense Acquisition University/NFCTC, United States; Frank Sobieszcyk, Defense Acquisition University, United States; Rachelle Farmer, Los Angeles Unified School District, United States
The purpose of this paper is to share our experiences in developing a unique all-in-one virtual university. The Defense Acquisition University virtual campus is a unique model for web based... More
pp. 348-353
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Management and Workow of Electronic Documents using a 2 nd -Generation WWW-server
Dieter W. Fellner & Marco Zens, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany
With the advancement of DTP and Digital Libraries a workow exclusively based on electronic documents has started to become a viable alternative for a continuously growing com-munity. Information ... More
pp. 354-359
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From Information Management to Knowledge Management --Constructing the Digitized Learning Organization
Kuo-Ching Feng, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
In the post-capitalism era, the success of an organization lies more in it's knowledge and system capabilities than it's physical assets. Knowledge creation has become indispensable to industrial... More
pp. 360-365
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On2broker: Semantic-based access to information sources at the WWW
Jürgen Angele, Stefan Decker, Michael Erdmann, Hans-Peter Schnurr, Steffen Staab, Rudi Studer, Andreas Witt & Dieter Fensel, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
On2broker provides brokering services to improve access to heterogeneous, distributed and semistructured information sources as they are presented in the World Wide Web. It relies on the use of... More
pp. 366-371
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Web Centric Education -a Challenge for Process Redesign
George R. S. Weir, John N. Wilson & John D. Ferguson, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
The fusion of computer and communications technology is giving rise to many novel developments in computer-based education and distance learning. Evolving web centric learning environments are... More
pp. 372-376
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Estimating the Number of Defects at a WWW Site
James Miller, George R. S. Weir & John D. Ferguson, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, United Kingdom
It is widely accepted that a high proportion of Web sites are poorly designed and suffer from a range of defects that affect both their usability and quality. Further, it has been postulated that... More
pp. 377-381
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Assessing the Success of Seminars on the Web
Mary Flanagan & Christopher Egert, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States
The purpose of paper is to examine user feedback and usage patterns of the Course Submission System, a web based environment for the facilitation of online multimedia seminar classes. Three... More
pp. 382-386
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The Critical Position of the Internet in the Creation, Development, and Maintenance of the Bronx-Wide (New York) Superintendents= Instructional Technology Leadership Forum
David C. Fletcher, Lehman College, United States
In 1998, the Bronx-Wide Superintendents' Technology and Learning Leadership Forum was created to investigate effective ways to support students' learning and achievement with instructional... More
pp. 387-391
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Creating Hybrid Instruction: A Lens for Defining Exemplary Teaching in Distance Learning
Lynn Schultz, Linda Miller-Dunleavy & Alexandria Forte-Turner, Old Dominion University, United States
The Military Career Transition Program (MCTP) at Old Dominion University is the primary alternative certification program for teacher licensure targeting military personnel who are transitioning... More
pp. 392-397
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The Barefoot Teacher on the Telematic Highway - Serving Rural Communities in Kwa Zulu Natal
Charl Fregona & Maureen Harris, Technikon Natal, South Africa; Johann Krüger, Community Development Programme, South Africa
The Department of Community Nursing and the Open Learning Centre of Technikon Natal, and the community owned Community Development Programme are collaborating to provide online learning to rural... More
pp. 398-402
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Enhancing User Interaction on the Web
R. Corrao, G. Munna & G. Fulantelli, Institute for Educational and Training Technologies, Italy
Interaction with the information on the Web pages has been often reduced to the selection of links. This is a serious limit to all the Web applications that require an effective interaction with... More
pp. 403-408
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Ephemeral Paths on the WWW: The Walden’s Paths Lightweight Path Mechanism
Frank M. Shipman III, Luis Francisco-Revilla, Haowei Hsieh, Unmil Karadkar, Shueh-Cheng Hu & Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University, United States
Walden's Paths provides a mechanism for overlaying linear paths over World-Wide Web material. The path structure does not alter the pre-existing structure of the original material, but provides a... More
pp. 409-414
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Communication and Collaborative Work via Intranet Technologies
P. Kappos, T. Kondilis, A. Tsakalidis, J. Tsaknakis, J. Tzimas, B. Vassiliadis & J. Garofalakis, University of Patras, Greece
This paper presents a set of advanced network services developed to support the administrative operations and the collaboration of different scientific groups within the University of Patras. The... More
pp. 415-420
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E-commerce Across International Borders: A Personal Experience
Christos J. Georgiou, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, United States
E-commerce has gone beyond the stage of discussion and it is now being broadly implemented. Within the past year, a large number of companies in the US have become e-commerce enabled. Furthermore... More
pp. 421-426
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Web-Based Distance Education in Hawai'I
Judith L. Gersting & Bill Chen, University of Hawaii at Hilo, United States; Karen T. Muraoka, University of Hawaii Center, United States
The University of Hawaii at Hilo, on the Big Island, offers a B.S. in computer science to students on other islands in the state where a four-year institution is not available. This paper ... More
pp. 427-432
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Arthur: Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Learning Style
The theory of learning styles states that people have different approaches to learning and studying (Dunn 1987 & Dunn 1978). Given a specific instruction method or environment, some people will... More
pp. 433-438
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The IN-TELE Project: Developing Internet-Based Teaching and Learning in Europe
Guinevere Glasfurd & Anthony Vickers, University of Essex, United Kingdom
The IN-TELE project, funded by the European Commission, is a two-year research project running from January 1998 to December 1999. This article focuses upon the design and implementation of the... More
pp. 439-444
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Multimedia Interfaces for E-Commerce
James Ford & Tilmann Steinberg, Dartmouth College, United States; Peter Gloor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Switzerland; Fillia Makedon, Dartmouth College, United States; Charles B. Owen, Michigan State University, United States; Basil Sudborough, Union Bank of Switzerland, Switzerland
E-Commerce, when viewed as a network of multimedia data transactions, is a sophisti-cated application of multimedia information authoring, retrieval, searching, browsing, clustering, and... More
pp. 445-450