文档介绍：******@IU >>> ******@IU: A New and Different
Computer-munications Paradigm
Theodore W. Frick
Roberto Joseph
Ali Korkmaz
Jeong-En Oh
Riad Twal
Department of Instructional Systems Technology
W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 2276
201 North Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1006, USA
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine problems with the puter-based munication systems and to initially test and revise a new and different paradigm for e-collaboration – ******@IU. Understanding the concept of sending links to resources, rather than sending the resource itself, is at the core of how ******@IU differs from the munications models. Instructional Systems Technology faculty and students were invited to participate in focus group sessions, where they were presented with an initial prototype of ******@IU.
Our findings from the focus group sessions indicated that the current munication systems are meeting user needs, while generating new needs that currently are not being met. This report reveals these newly generated needs stemming from the problems with current munication systems. ******@IU is intended to solve many of these emerging problems.
Following the initial testing of the ******@IU prototype, we developed an puterized version of ******@IU, named ******@IU. We are currently developing PHP scripts which will be tested on a small scale.
Introduction
Technology utilization in higher education has been witness to a dramatic increase in recent years. Two main areas of increase have been in electronic mail (Email), and Web technologies. “Three-fifths ( percent) of all college courses now utilize electronic mail, up from percent in 1999, percent in 1998 and percent in 1995. Similarly, two-fifths ( percent) of college courses now use Web resources as ponent of the syllabus, up from in 1995, percent in 1998 and percent in 1999. Almost a third ( percent) of all college courses have a Web page, compared