The Virtual Campus

1 New wine and old bottles? Tele-learning, telematics and the University of Twente.- 2 Virtual learning centers for XXIst century organizations.- 3 New research avenues on multimedia based learning in the EU.- 4 Learning at a virtual campus: Deakin University's experiences as a dual mode university.- 5 The university for industry pilot project.- 6 Introduction to global approaches.- 7 A Web-based learning environment: applying constructivist teaching concepts in virtual learning environments.- 8 An experience in UNED on building up a virtual campus.- 9 The impact of the Internet on academic research practices.- 10 Comparison of students' thinking processes when studying with WWW, IMM, and text based materials.- 11 Collaboration between universities and enterprises in the knowledge age.- 12 Cultural contextualisation of learning with the World Wide Web.- 13 Questions and discussion.- 14 New approaches for collaborative learning and group activities.- 15 Towards a model of collaborative support for distance learners to perform joint tasks.- 16 Using the World Wide Web to promote educational discussion on university level courses.- 17 Distance education and distributed virtual environments.- 18 Self organised group activities supported by asynchronous structured conversations.- 19 Web tools and Web applications.- 20 How to distribute learning facilities by means of a network: some issues and a case study.- 21 A GCSE project for the distance evaluation of knowledge of French as a foreign language.- 22 Conceptual learning of sciences supported by Java compliant technologies.- 23 Extending Web educational applications via SGML structuring and content-based capabilities.- 24 SimulNet: virtual tele-laboratories over the Internet.- 25 A distance learning application based on a digital library of courseware.- 26 Authoring tools for network-based training.- 27 Using telematics to overcome educational constraints: teaching differential equations using the World-Wide-Web and

`This is an information-packed volume. The papers are timely and thought provoking and offer excellent lists of references. Overall, the book provides a perspective on networked learning and is a valuable and up-to-date resource for anyone in the field of distance education. The main topics are of primary concern to today's tele-educator: global approaches, evaluation studies, collaberative activities and web tools. Best of all, the book is international in theme and scope.' M. Sock McIsaac, Computers & Education, 33:77-82 (1999)