Future Directions in Distance Learning and Communication Technologies (Advances in Distance Education Technologies) (Advances in Distance Education Technologies)

✍ Scribed by Timothy K. Shih, Jason C. Hung

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Distance education technology combines communication with educational and intelligent methods to develop software and hardware systems that support learning activities with spatiotemporal flexibilities. Future Directions in Distance Learning and Communication Technologies presents theoretical studies and practical solutions for engineers, educational professionals, and graduate students in the research areas of e-learning, distance education, and instructional design. This book provides readers with cutting-edge solutions and research directions pertinent to these evolving fields.

✦ Table of Contents

1599043769......Page 1
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Section I: Introduction......Page 12
Ch I: A Survey of Distance Education Challenges and Technologies......Page 14
Section II: Communication Technologies......Page 39
Ch II: An E-Learning System Based on the Top-Down Method and the Cellular Models......Page 40
Ch III: Privacy and Security in E-Learning......Page 65
Ch IV: Bluetooth Scatternet Using an Ad Hoc Bridge Node Routing Protocol for Outdoor Distance Education......Page 89
Ch V: A Ubiquitous Agent-Based Campus Information Providing System for Cellular Phones......Page 107
Section III: Intelligent Technologies......Page 120
Ch VI: An XML-Based Approach to Multimedia Engineering for Distance Learning......Page 121
Ch VII: Open Multi-Agent Systems for Collaborative Web-Based Learning......Page 151
Ch VIII: Concept Effect Model: An Effective Approach to Developing Adaptive Hypermedia Systems......Page 164
Ch IX: A Virtual Laboratory for Digital Signal Processing......Page 184
Section IV: Educational Technologies......Page 201
Ch X: Interactive E-Learning......Page 202
Ch XI: Using Ontology as Scaffolding for Authoring Teaching Materials......Page 216
Ch XII: The Next Generation of E-Learning: Strategies for Media Rich Online Teaching and Engaged Learning......Page 235
Ch XIII: A SCORM-Compliant U-Learning Grid by Employing CC/PP......Page 256
Ch XIV: A Distance Learning System for Teaching the Writing of Chinese Characters Over the Internet......Page 267
Section V: Future Directions......Page 285
Ch XV: Future Directions of Multimedia Technologies in E-Learning......Page 286
About the Authors......Page 297
Index......Page 307