Interactive Web Based Learning System based on Human Computer Interaction Factors
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Introduction
With the advent of the Web, the Internet has evolved into a user-friendly medium capable of high speed, on demand information delivery. The opportunities for education presented by the Web should not be overlooked. The potential audience for a lecture has grown from the number of people who can fit into a classroom, to the number of people with access to Web-enabled computers. The ability to offer quality education to vast numbers of people is within our reach.
Web-based education will be most successful when it is utilized in new and innovative ways to move beyond traditional patterns of education. The Web provides the means for creating an integrated, interdisciplinary, hyper linked repository of knowledge available at reasonable cost anytime, anywhere, and to anyone. Artificial boundaries such as "subjects" will vanish in the interweave of information and ideas.
Why Online?
It is useful to think about the merits of Web-based education in general. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the Web for distance learning?..