Normally, Web Based Training (WBT) systems are systems supporting a so-called "online course" model. Thus, these systems provide remote access to courseware "anytime anywhere" by means of the Internet technology. This approach just reflects the current technological trends and does not take into account recent developments in teaching, learning and knowledge transfer paradigms. The talk offers a new approach which combines conventional and innovative Web based tools to facilitate and speed up flow of knowledge from teachers to learners in a highly personalized on-demand fashion. We also present a novel e-Learning application called WBT-Master which implements a number of new WBT paradigms. Thus, WBT-Master offers a wide range of tools and processes encompassing more than what was traditionally considered simply "Web based Training". Thus, WBT-Master supports sophisticated authoring of basic and composite training objects, synchronous and asynchronous communication, collaboration, knowledge management facilities and user interface solutions. The talk will concentrate on authoring, collaboration and knowledge management facilities of the system.
Denis Helic graduated in 1994 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Zagreb, Croatia. In 1995 he started the work on his Ph.D. thesis under supervision of Prof. Hermann Maurer at the Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media, Graz University of Technology in Austria. He achieved his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Graz University of Technology. During the work on his thesis he took part in a number of research projects, such as multimedia and hypermedia authoring system HM-Card, Web based training system WBT-Master and collaborative Web based training platform Coronet, funded by the EU Commission. Starting form 2002 he an Assistant Professor at the Graz University of Technology.
Sprecher: DI Dr. Denis Helic
TU Graz
Wann: Freitag, 31. Jänner 2003, 14:00 Uhr (s.t.)
Wo: HS 2 Universität Klagenfurt