Net-based Learning for the Next Millennium

• Main Authors: Kåre Synnes, Peter Parnes, Johnny Widén, D. Schefström
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: mStar; Luleå
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.2826; http://www.sm.luth.se/~unicorn/Doctor/Thesis/09_Paper_G_WebNet_1999.pdf

Luleå University of Technology has for the last few years been deploying a net-based learning environment, mStar, to distribute courses to students independent of time and geographic distance. The mStar environment gives remotely and traditionally attending students equal possibilities to take an active part of a course, in addition to enhancing the learning experience for all students. This is made possible through a novel combination of IP-multicast technology and the WWW. This paper reports on experiences gained over a few years of practice and depicts a vision of the next generation of the mStar environment.