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Internet-Enabled User Interfaces for Distance Learning

Internet-Enabled User Interfaces for Distance Learning

Wei Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Keng Soon Teh (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Roshan Peiris (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Yongsoon Choi (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Adrian David Cheok (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Charissa Lim Mei-Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Yin-Leng Theng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Ta Huynh Duy Nguyen (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Tran Cong Thien Qui (National University of Singapore, Singapore), and Athanasios V. Vasilakos (University of Peloponnese, Greece)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-963-7.ch022
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Abstract

The advent of Internet technologies since decades ago has propelled distance learning drastically. In this modern world, knowledge develops so fast that the amount of intellectual information that needs to be learnt before it becomes obsolete again is so huge. Distance learningthrough the use of Internet technologies has the advantage of being able to get across the information to the students remotely and effortlessly. The other advantage, which is the main focus of this paper, is that students are able to learn from their instructors on an entirely new media platform - the Internet-enabled and tangible user interface. This paper discusses how to use two main new media: multi-modal Internet technologies, namely remote physical interface and remote augmented reality technology in distance learning.

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