视觉化协同超媒体及其在合作学习中的应用.PDF

1000-9825/2004/15(11)1720 ©2004 Journal of Software 软 件 学 报 Vol.15, No.11 ∗ 视觉化协同超媒体及其在合作学习中的应用 王伟刚+ (曼彻斯特大学 信息学院,英国) Cooperative Visual Hypermedia and Its Application in Cooperative Learning WANG Wei-Gang+ (School of Informatics, University of Manchester, UK) + Corresponding author: Phn: +44-161-2003373, E-mail: weigang.wang@manchester.ac.uk, http://www.manchester.ac.uk Received 2004-03-17; Accepted 2004-06-11 Wang WG. Cooperative visual hypermedia and its application in cooperative learning. Journal of Sof tware, 2004,15(11):1720~1732. /1000-9825/15/1720.htm Abstract: In a distributed cooperative learning setting, learners and tutors need a shared information space to interact with learning materials and to acquire awareness of their cooperators’ presence and activities. Learners and tutors also require some coordination and communication means to harmonize their actions. For this purpose, a cooperative visual hypermedia technology is developed. It can provide a shared information space in which editable visual hypermedia objects can represent not only learning materials (i.e. the content) but also learning processes (i.e. the coordination and learning strategies). The cooperative hypermedia is integrated with process support, communication channels, and document handling. Therefore, it can coordinate learners’ activities through specific learning processes and textual or audio communication tools. For wide availability, the cooperative hypermedia and its associated documents are made accessible from the Web. To show the strength and the weakness of the approach, a use case together with some user experience is also presented. Key words: cooperative hypermedia; visual hypermedia; cooperative learning; Web-based e-learning; distributed