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Interaction in Web-Based Learning

Interaction in Web-Based Learning

Adams Bodomo
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781591405559|ISBN10: 1591405556|EISBN13: 9781591405542
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch168
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Bodomo, Adams. "Interaction in Web-Based Learning." Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, edited by Caroline Howard, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 1130-1139. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch168

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Bodomo, A. (2005). Interaction in Web-Based Learning. In C. Howard, J. Boettcher, L. Justice, K. Schenk, P. Rogers, & G. Berg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (pp. 1130-1139). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch168

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Bodomo, Adams. "Interaction in Web-Based Learning." In Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, edited by Caroline Howard, et al., 1130-1139. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch168

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Abstract

At the beginning of the 21st century, we are faced with an age of rapid technological development in information and communication. Issues of educational reform have never been more urgent than now. One of the major challenges is how to design our educational system, in general, and our methods of instruction, in particular, to produce graduates who are better prepared to take up jobs in a knowledge-based environment characterized by a pervasive use of information communications technology (ICT). ICTs, especially modern digital ones, include various types of computers; digital cameras; local-area networking; the Internet and the World Wide Web; CD-ROMs and DVDs; and applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, tutorials, simulations, e-mail, digital libraries, computer-mediated conferencing, videoconferencing, and virtual reality (Blurton, 1999). Four main features of these modern digital ICTs make them stand out as very useful educational tools. These are integration of multimedia, flexibility of use, connectivity, and interactivity (Blurton, 1999). The main focus

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