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Data Networking and Distance Cooperation:
Steps Towards Virtual Laboratories and Libraries
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Definitions - Tentative
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- Distance Education - Collaborative Learning
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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.
- Electronic Collaboration
- the exchange and transfer of knowledge using
information technology and electronic means.
- 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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