Main Index
Data Networking and Distance Cooperation:
Steps Towards Virtual Laboratories and Libraries
Definitions - Tentative
  1. Distance Education - Collaborative Learning
    the ability to involve students and instructors irrespective of their location. It is not simply the addition of technology to instruction; instead, it uses technology to make possible new approaches to the teaching/learning process.

  2. Electronic Collaboration
    the exchange and transfer of knowledge using information technology and electronic means.

  3. Virtual Labs (or Collaboratories)
    an electronic workspace for distance collaboration and experimentation in research or other creative activity, to generate and deliver results using distributed information and communication technologies.

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