Computer systems for distributed and distance learning

• Published in: Journal of computer assisted learning Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 213 - 228
• Main Authors: Anderson, M., Jackson, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.09.2000; Blackwell Science; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Bulletin Boards; Campus; Communication; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Networks; Computer Software; Courseware; Distance; Distance Education; Distributed Computing; Educational Change; Educational Objectives; Educational psychology; Educational Technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Futures (of Society); Groupware; Learning Processes; Literature Reviews; Mediated; Network Based Approach; Nontraditional Education; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopedagogics. Didactics; Review; Tutorial; Tutors; Workstations; World Wide Web; Human; Groupware; Computer assisted teaching; Review; Computer mediated communication; Remote teaching
• ISSN: 0266-4909; 1365-2729
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.2000.00134.x

Network‐based learning is now such an important area that it would seem timely to examine progress to date and to draw conclusions regarding the direction of further research. This paper is the result of a survey of computer systems for distributed and distance learning, focusing on projects that help to illustrate the evolution of this important field. An examination such as this is important in its own right as a resource for other researchers wishing to pursue the subject further, but the survey also helps to highlight some of the major trends of past projects and to suggest some of the ways in which progress may be made in the future.