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Evaluating the design and delivery of WWW based educational environments and courseware

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The mid 1990s has seen a significant growth in both the popularity and development of WWW based courseware and delivery. However, such efforts have been very variable in both effectiveness and comprehensiveness. This paper identifies a set of general requirements necessary in designing a pedagogically successful WWW based educational experience, which can be used in the assessment of WWW based educational courses. To illustrate how such requirements can be successfully addressed, the evaluation of a WWW based course which was trialed over a three-year period with approximately 300 students is presented.

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              cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
              ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 30, Issue 3
              Sept. 1998
              313 pages
              ISSN:0097-8418
              DOI:10.1145/290320
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                ITiCSE '98: Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on the teaching of computing and the 3rd annual conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: Changing the delivery of computer science education
                August 1998
                315 pages
                ISBN:1581130007
                DOI:10.1145/282991

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