Virtual classroom for interactive synchronous education

Abstract

The World Wide Web provides new opportunities for distance education over the Internet. The Web, when combined with other network tools can be used to create a virtual classroom to bring together a community of learners for interactive education. In the paper we purpose the moving some of educational instructions of the Institute of Science Dokuz Eylul University at the WWW. This objective is achieved by investigating the use of emerging network technologies for training full time students and part time students. This research uses the electronic educational materials already available on the Web; and it evaluates the effectiveness of various collaborative tools.