Web-based Education/Instruction

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION

ICEE-98 in Rio de Janeiro

WorkShop Web-based Education/Instruction

Prof. Carlos José Pereira de Lucena PUC-Rio Departamento de Informática Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil lucena@inf.puc-rio.br

Prof. Hugo Fuks PUC-Rio Departamento de Informática Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil hugo@inf.puc-rio.br

The proliferation of personal computers together with the growing popularity of the Internet has increased communication among diverse users and has created a variety of services offered through this enormous heterogenous network of environments, systems and platforms. This use of technology is very recent and various research projects aim to find out what the relevant aspects are for groupwork using computers. These aspects can be seen in the communication, coordination and cooperation structures that the groups use to work with.

We hope that the same information technology (Internet, Intranets, WWW, etc) that is building the Information Society will bring solutions for the huge cost problems involved in training and education which are crucial for this new kind of society.
As yet there are no experts in the application of information technology to learning and training. However this area is becoming a major one in the Internet. Researchers in industry and in the academic world are developing models and products for training and education based on the Web.

AulaNet? is an environment for the creation and maintenance of web-based courses designed for the layman. The objectives of AulaNet? are to adopt of the Web as an educational enviroment; to foster a workable transition from conventional classrooms to virtual classrooms, giving the opportunity to reuse existing educational material and to create knowledge communities.