eTutorials with voice groupware: real-time conferencing to support computing students at a distance

Rapanotti, Lucia; Blake, Canan T. and Griffiths, Robert (2002). eTutorials with voice groupware: real-time conferencing to support computing students at a distance. ACM Bulletin, 34(3) pp. 116–120.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/544414.544451

URL: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/544414.544451

Abstract

This paper reports on an investigation into the use of real-time voice groupware to support students on a computing course offered by the Open University, UK. The main objective of the investigation was to assess the feasibility and pedagogical advantage of deploying synchronous conferencing technology on a large population computing course to complement existing face-to-face and asynchronous online support for its students. In this paper we report on the findings from such an investigation, and draw a number of conclusions and recommendations covering feasibility, scalability and best practice in the use of voice groupware for eLearning.

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• Item ORO ID
• 19125
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• Extra Information
• 1-58113-499-1
• Keywords
• distance learning; eTutorials; synchronous conferencing; voice groupware
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2002, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
• Depositing User
• Lucia Rapanotti