Distance Learning Courses on the Web: The Authoring Approach.

This paper proposes a framework for supporting the authoring process of distance learning courses. An overview of distance learning courses and the World Wide Web is presented. The proposed framework is then described, including: (1) components of the framework--a hypermedia design methodology for authoring the course, links to related Web sites, a set of Internet tools, a site specifying kinds of student assessments, a site indicating students' tasks, and links to a set of software and other executable resources needed for students' work; (2) the Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design Method (00HDM), a model-based approach for building hypermedia applications that comprises four activities--conceptual design, navigational design, abstract interface design, and implementation; (3) modeling of the design of a distance learning class on object-oriented technology; (4) implementation issues, including Internet tools and evaluation questions; and (5) future work. Four figures present the distance learning course framework, the 00HDM conceptual model, 00HDM node class views, and the 00HDM navigational scheme. (MES) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Distance Learning Courses on the Web: the Authoring Approach Neide Santos COPPE/Sistemas-Dept of Computer Science Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro-Brazil neide@cos.ufrj.br "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY